Pope Urban VIII dedicates St. Peter's Basilica in Rome

Category
Arts
Place
Italy
Date
1626
Reference
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Indulgences paid for this new church, and it was indulgences that Martin Luther hated. His 95 theses were posted at Wittenberg in 1517. [Furtado: 1001 Days]

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