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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