Apostolic Penitentiary

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apostolic tribunal dicastery of the Roman Curia tribunal of the Catholic Church

The Apostolic Penitentiary is a high-level tribunal of the Catholic Church responsible for matters of the internal forum, including the granting of absolutions, dispensations, and indulgences reserved to the Holy See.

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All labels observed (6)

Label	Occurrences
Apostolic Penitentiary canonical	13
Apostolic Penitentiary, Vatican City	1
Major Penitentiary of the Apostolic Penitentiary	1
Papal Penitentiary	1
Sacred Penitentiary	1
Vatican judicial offices	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	apostolic tribunal ⓘ dicastery of the Roman Curia ⓘ tribunal of the Catholic Church ⓘ
collaboratesWith	confessors worldwide ⓘ local ordinaries in internal forum matters ⓘ
concerns	application of indulgences ⓘ forgiveness of sins in special reserved cases ⓘ spiritual benefits for the faithful ⓘ
dealsWith	censures reserved to the Holy See ⓘ dispensation from censures in the internal forum ⓘ dispensation from irregularities for the exercise of orders ⓘ reserved sins ⓘ
grants	partial indulgences ⓘ plenary indulgences ⓘ
handles	confessional forum cases ⓘ matters of conscience ⓘ secret matters of the internal forum ⓘ
hasCompetence	absolutions reserved to the Holy See ⓘ dispensations reserved to the Holy See ⓘ indulgences reserved to the Holy See ⓘ
hasHistoricalOrigin	medieval papal penitentiary office ⓘ
hasJurisdiction	internal forum ⓘ
hasOfficeHolderTitle	Apostolic Penitentiary self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Major Penitentiary of the Apostolic Penitentiary
hasOfficialName	Suprema Paenitentiaria Apostolica ⓘ
hasTypeOfSecrecy	pontifical secret ⓘ
isDistinctFrom	Apostolic Signatura ⓘ Roman Rota ⓘ
isHeadedBy	Major Penitentiary ⓘ
isOneOf	three major tribunals of the Roman Curia ⓘ
isOrganOf	Roman Catholicism ⓘ surface form: Catholic Church Holy See ⓘ
isPartOf	Roman Curia ⓘ
issues	norms on indulgences ⓘ
isUnderAuthorityOf	Pope ⓘ
languageOfOperation	Latin ⓘ
location	Vatican City ⓘ
oversees	confessors of the Papal Basilica of Saint John Lateran ⓘ confessors of the Papal Basilica of Saint Mary Major ⓘ confessors of the Papal Basilica of Saint Paul Outside the Walls ⓘ confessors of the Papal Basilica of Saint Peter ⓘ
publishes	Enchiridion Indulgentiarum (Handbook of Indulgences) ⓘ
subjectTo	Apostolic Constitution "Praedicate Evangelium" ⓘ surface form: Apostolic Constitution on the Roman Curia 1917 Code of Canon Law ⓘ surface form: Code of Canon Law
subordinateTo	Pope ⓘ surface form: Supreme Pontiff
usesInstrument	apostolic letter Fidelis dispensator et prudens ⓘ surface form: Apostolic letters decrees ⓘ rescripts ⓘ

Referenced by (18)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Holy See → hasJudicialBody → Apostolic Penitentiary ⓘ

Roman Curia → hasPart → Apostolic Penitentiary ⓘ

Apostolic Penitentiary → hasOfficeHolderTitle → Apostolic Penitentiary self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Major Penitentiary of the Apostolic Penitentiary

Suprema Paenitentiaria Apostolica → hasEnglishName → Apostolic Penitentiary ⓘ

Roman Rota → distinctFrom → Apostolic Penitentiary ⓘ

Major Penitentiary → partOf → Apostolic Penitentiary ⓘ

Major Penitentiary → heads → Apostolic Penitentiary ⓘ

Major Penitentiary → seat → Apostolic Penitentiary ⓘ

this entity surface form: Apostolic Penitentiary, Vatican City

Enchiridion Indulgentiarum (Handbook of Indulgences) → issuedBy → Apostolic Penitentiary ⓘ

subject surface form: Enchiridion Indulgentiarum

Vatican City institutions → includes → Apostolic Penitentiary ⓘ

Urbi et Orbi blessings → regulatedBy → Apostolic Penitentiary ⓘ

Palazzo della Cancelleria → currentUse → Apostolic Penitentiary ⓘ

this entity surface form: Vatican judicial offices

Indulgences in the Catholic Church → regulatedBy → Apostolic Penitentiary ⓘ

Raccolta → authorizedBy → Apostolic Penitentiary ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sacred Penitentiary

Enchiridion of prayers → associatedWith → Apostolic Penitentiary ⓘ

Curia of Pope Julius II → hasPart → Apostolic Penitentiary ⓘ

this entity surface form: Papal Penitentiary

Code of Canon Law on indulgences → usedBy → Apostolic Penitentiary ⓘ

Code of Canon Law on indulgences → interpretedBy → Apostolic Penitentiary ⓘ