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Issuance of Adjournment Bull
- When
- 20 October 1870
- Where
- Vatican City
Pope Pius IX issued the bull Postquam Dei munere on 20 October 1870, adjourning the First Vatican Council indefinitely.
One month after the Kingdom of Italy occupied Rome, Pope Pius IX formally adjourned the council. He considered himself a prisoner in the Vatican, as Italian forces stayed away from the Leonine City. The bull marked the indefinite suspension of the council's proceedings.
Sources
- First Vatican Council Wikipedia, revision of 2026-09-30
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