He died a year later, and it fell to his successor, Sixtus IV, to celebrate the Jubilee of 1475. Sixtus IV (former minister general of the Franciscan Order of Friars Minor) was elected pope on Aug ...

However, this was soon changed to every 50 years, and from 1475, every 25 years, with occasional extraordinary Jubilees, such as the 1933 Holy Year of Redemption and the 2015-16 Holy Year of Mercy.

The Sistine Chapel was commissioned by Pope Sixtus IV for the Jubilee of 1475, and the big Vatican garage was built for the 2000 Jubilee under St. John Paul II.

The Sistine Chapel was commissioned by Pope Sixtus IV for the Jubilee of 1475, and the big Vatican garage was built for the 2000 Jubilee under St. John Paul II.

Outside Jubilee years, the doors are sealed with mortar and cement from the inside. In 2016, Pope Francis called for a special Jubilee year, called the Extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy.

The ceremony inaugurates the once-every-25-year tradition of a Jubilee. ... The Sistine Chapel was commissioned by Pope Sixtus IV for the Jubilee of 1475, ...