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When was the current Holy Door at St. Peter's Basilica installed?

   In the 1600s
   In the early 1860s
   After World War II
   Recently in the 21st century

Your answer was: After World War II.
You are correct!!


Answer: 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.

Book Source: Virginia Card, Noe, The Holy Door At St. Peter's, ATS Italia Editrice, Liberia Editrice Vaticana, copyright 1999


Holy Door - St. Peter's Basilica
Scott # 1136 (1999)