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When was the current Holy Door at St. Peter's Basilica installed?
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The Swiss people gave Pope Pius XII a "new" bronze Holy Door for St. Peter's Basilica after World War II in gratitude for being spared the horrors of the war. This door replaced the wood door that Benedict XIV had installed in 1748.<br><br> Book Source: Virginia Card, Noe, <b>The Holy Door At St. Peter's</b>, ATS Italia Editrice, Liberia Editrice Vaticana, copyright 1999<br><br> <center><img src='http:vaticanstamps.org/VPS/images/296/1136.jpg' height='450px'><br>Holy Door - St. Peter's Basilica<br>Scott # 1136 (1999)</center><br><br>
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