Events in the year 1929 in Vatican City.
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Incumbents
editEvents
editFebruary–June
edit- 11 February
- The Lateran Treaty is signed by the Prime Minister and Head of Government of the Kingdom of Italy Benito Mussolini on behalf of King Victor Emmanuel III and by Cardinal Secretary of State Pietro Gasparri for Pope Pius XI.[1]
- The Vatican lira is introduced as the nation's official currency on par with the Italian lira.[1]
- 13 February – The nation's postal system (Poste Vaticane) begins operations.[2]
- 30 May – SoS Cardinal Pietro Gasparri asks Pope Pius XI to approve his signing of the Lateran Treaty.[3]
- 7 June – The Lateran treaty goes into full effect, establishing the independent state of Vatican City and reaffirming the special status of Catholic Christianity in Italy.[4][5]
July–December
edit- 1 August – The first nationally printed postal stamps are produced and released under the authority of the Philatelic and Numismatic Office of the Vatican City State.[2]
- 16 December – Pope Pius XI appoints Manuel Gonçalves Cerejeira, Eugenio Pacelli, Luigi Lavitrano, Carlo Dalmazio Minoretti, Joseph Mac Rory, and Jean Verdier as cardinal priests.[6]
- 19 December – All six new cardinal priests from 16 December receive their red hats and title.[6]
- 31 December – Pope Pius XI publishes the Divini illius Magistri,[7] which claims that Church and family have an inviolable and primary right to educate young people that precedes that of the State.[8]
Deaths
editThere is a very documented list of all of the people who have died in Vatican City, for being the smallest nation in the world and the head of the Catholic church. There were no deaths in the year 1929, and there would not be until the year 1961 with the death of Nicola Canali.[9]
See also
editExternal links
editReferences
edit- ^ a b "Preamble of the Lateran Treaty" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 October 2017. Retrieved 21 July 2014.
- ^ a b "The Early Definitives". Vatican Philatelic Society. Archived from the original on 11 December 2007. Retrieved 28 November 2007.
- ^ "Chirografo di sua santità Pius XI "ci si è domandato" all'em.mo Cardinale Pietro Gasparri Segretario di Stato sulla firma dei Trattati Lateranensi (Chirograph of his holiness Pius XI "was asked" to Cardinal Pietro Gasparri Secretary of State on the signature of the Lateran Treaties)". vatican.va. Retrieved 24 May 2022.
- ^ "Lettera di sua santità Pius XI "signor cardinale" all'em.mo Cardinale Pietro Gasparri Segretario di Stato sullo scambio di ratifiche dei Patti Lateranensi (Letter of his holiness Pius XI "signor cardinal" to the most Cardinal Pietro Gasparri Secretary of State on the exchange of ratifications of the Lateran Pact)". vatican.va. Retrieved 24 May 2022.
- ^ "Patti lateranensi, 11 febbraio 1929 – Segreteria di Stato, card. Pietro Gasparri". vatican.va.
- ^ a b "The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church". cardinals.fiu.edu. Retrieved 24 May 2022.
- ^ XI, Pope Pius. "Divini Illius Magistri". vatican.va (in Italian). Retrieved 1 June 2022.
- ^ "Pio XI (1857-1939) (Pius XI (1857-1939))". vatican.va (in Italian). Retrieved 1 June 2022.
- ^ Milestones TIME Magazine 11 August 1961.