Julius III's successor, Pope Paul IV, Gian Pietro Caraffa, who was born in Capriglio on 28 June 1476 and died in Rome on 18 August 1559, was extremely intransigent and the Council had to wait...
Religious archives (1600-1796)
Religious archives can contain valuable information on baptism, marriage and death registers, as well as other documents relating to religious life at the time.
The Council of Thirty Sessions 9 to 16 (01/5/1551 - 28/04/1552)
His successor, Julius III, was asked by Charles V to quickly reopen the council, which he did on 1 May 1551. Discussions centred on the Eucharist, penance, extreme unction, and on questions...
Council of Trent - Sessions 1 to 8 (13/12/1745 - 17/09/1547)
Cattedrale di San Vigillio, treto, Italy The Pope ensured that the way the Council functioned would allow him to control and direct its deliberations as he saw fit. The assembly of bishops (most of whom were Italian) had only a limited say in the...
Council of Trent preamble
The need for a profound reform of the Church and its institutions had already been felt in the 15th century, and Pope Pius II, Enea Silvio Piccolomini, born in Corsignano near Siena on 18 October 1405...
The Council of Trent
The beginning of parish registers in our provinces. Faced with criticism from the reformers and the growth of matrimonial legislation in the Protestant states, the principle of compulsory ecclesiastical celebration and the keeping of...
History of parish registers in Belgium
In ancient times, there were no gaps in civil status. As early as Marcus Aurelius, Rome made it compulsory to register newborn babies so that they could later prove their status as free men. However, there was no legal registration of marriages...
