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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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
Apostolic Penitentiary, Vatican City 1
Major Penitentiary of the Apostolic Penitentiary 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 (11)

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

Roman Rota → distinctFrom → Apostolic Penitentiary ⓘ
Suprema Paenitentiaria Apostolica → hasEnglishName → Apostolic Penitentiary ⓘ
Holy See → hasJudicialBody → Apostolic Penitentiary ⓘ
Apostolic Penitentiary → hasOfficeHolderTitle → Apostolic Penitentiary self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Major Penitentiary of the Apostolic Penitentiary
Roman Curia → hasPart → Apostolic Penitentiary ⓘ
Major Penitentiary → heads → Apostolic Penitentiary ⓘ
Vatican City institutions → includes → Apostolic Penitentiary ⓘ
subject surface form: Enchiridion Indulgentiarum
Major Penitentiary → partOf → Apostolic Penitentiary ⓘ
Urbi et Orbi blessings → regulatedBy → Apostolic Penitentiary ⓘ
Major Penitentiary → seat → Apostolic Penitentiary ⓘ
this entity surface form: Apostolic Penitentiary, Vatican City