Celestine V died a prisoner ten months later. Peter of Morrone was canonized in 1313 and since 1327 has been buried in the Basilica of Santa Maria di Collemaggio in L'Aquila. The Basilica of Santa ...

Celestine V resigned from the papacy in 1294, the last pope to do so voluntarily before Benedict XVI. Francis, in his homily, praised him for this gesture of humility.

In a very short time, Celestine V earned the animosity of those who had initially acclaimed him. Part of the blame lay with Celestine V himself for insisting on choosing Naples as his seat instead of ...

The opening of the Holy Door marked a key moment in the annual celebration established by Pope Celestine V in 1294. “For centuries L’Aquila has kept alive the gift that Pope Celestine V left it.

Pope Celestine V, who reigned for just five months in 1294, is a patron saint both for Benedict XVI and Francis, and it’s not exactly about setting the stage for their own early departures.

The first pope to resign was Celestine V, born Pietro Da Morrone, who was living the life of a pious hermit when he was elevated to the papacy in 1294, in his 80s, to break a two-year deadlock in ...

Making a pilgrimage in an Italian mountain town, Pope Francis on Sunday hailed the humility of a 13th-century pontiff who resigned to live a hermit’s life, and praised him for using his brief ...

Francis was the first pope since Celestine V to open this Holy Door, established with the Bull of Forgiveness of Sept. 29, 1294, by Pope Celestine V. (AP Photo/Riccardo De Luca) ...

The first pope to resign was Celestine V, born Pietro Da Morrone, who was living the life of a pious hermit when he was elevated to the papacy in 1294, in his 80s, to break a two-year deadlock in ...

Boniface VIII "was inspired" by Celestine V's own "Jubilee" in L'Aquila, which started in 1294 and continued after his papal abdication and death, Grohe told EWTN News in an interview last month.

The opening of the Holy Door marked a key moment in the annual celebration established by Pope Celestine V in 1294. “For centuries L'Aquila has kept alive the gift that Pope Celestine V left it.