417. Visit to the Seven Churches and the

Seven Privileged Altars. The custom of visiting the seven principal Churches in Rome is of most ancient institution. They are as follows : St Peter on the Vatican; St Paul and Sebastian outside the Walls; St John Lateran; the Holy Cross in Jerusalem ; St Laurence outside the Walls; and St Mary Major. Whoever between first Vespers and sunset of the day following, shall visit these Seven Churches, may gain the many Indul- 417 Pius IX, Br. January 26, 1866. 366 MISCELLANEOUS gences with which these Churches have been enriched for every day in the year, and a Plenary Indulgence. I, 11, II. Most ancient also is the custom of visiting in these Churches, but especially in St Peter on the Vatican, the seven privileged Altars. The seven Altars in St Peter's are: I. The Altar of Our Lady, commonly called the ‘‘ Gre- goriana”’; . Of SS. Processus and Martinianus; . Of St Michael the Archangel; . Of St Petronilla, Virgin; . Of Our Lady, commonly called ‘‘ of the Pillar" ; . Of the Holy Apostles SS. Simon and Jude; . Of St Gregory the Great. Any of the faithful who shall visit devoutly these seven Altars may obtain the numerous Indulgences granted tothese seven Altars by successive Pontiffs. The same Indulgences may be gained outside Rome in churches to which the privileges of the Seven Churches or the Seven Altars have been extended