vatican secret archives

Sat, 02 May 2026 09:33:50 +0000

To mark the 400th anniversary of the Vatican Archives, 100 documents dating from the 8th to the 20th century were put on display from February to September 2012 in the "Lux in arcana The Vatican. After Pope Leo XIII opened the doors of the Archivio Segreto Vaticano to scholars back in 1881, it has become one of the most famous history research centres in the world. In 2012, the Vatican Secret Archives put on a public exhibition of some of its most important documents in celebration of its 400th birthday. The long-time prefect of what is now named the Vatican Apostolic Archive, Bishop Sergio Pagano, is spilling the beans for the first time, revealing some of the secrets he has.