Friday, November 4, 2016

PALACE OF THE HOLY OFFICES

PALAZZO DEL S. UFFIZIO
Piazza del S. Uffizio
1514 as PALAZZO PUCCI
The Pucci family from Florence, after the death of the three Pucci cardinals who lived here, left it as a legacy to the Holy See, which readapted it in 1566 for S. Pius V Ghislieri (1566/72) as a courtroom and jail, the so called S. Uffizio
The FAÇADE TOWARDS St. PETER’S BASILICA was modified in 1869 for Pius IX Mastai-Ferretti (1846/1878)
The FAÇADE TOWARDS PIAZZA S. UFFIZIO was modified in 1925
It is the headquarters of the CONGREGAZIONE PER LA DOTTRINA DELLA FEDE (Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith) instituted by Paul III Farnese (1534/49) in 1542 as the Sacra Congregazione dell'Inquisizione Romana e Universale (Sacred Congregation of the Roman and Universal Inquisition) to fight Protestantism
The name of the institution had been changed by S. Pius X Sarto (1903/14) into Congregazione del S. Uffizio (Congregation of the Holy Office) in 1908 and renewed with the current name by Paul VI Montini (1963/78) in 1965
Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger was head (prefect) of this institution for twenty-four years, from 1981 to 2005, before he became pope under the name of Benedict XVI (2005)

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