Consecration of the Sistine Chapel

Name: Consecration of the Sistine Chapel
Start: 1483

Type Event Region Europe Time 1483

On 15 August 1483 Pope Sixtus IV consecrated the newly completed Sistine Chapel in the Vatican, built under architects including Giovanni Domenico de…

Timeline

1475–1481Old Vatican Palace site · Vatican CityPope Sixtus IV ordered a new chapel built beside the Vatican Palace, replacing the old Cappella Maggiore, with Dolci and other architects completing the main structure in the Renaissance style.
1483Sistine Chapel · Vatican CitySixtus IV presided over the consecration ceremony on the Feast of the Assumption, dedicating the chapel to the Virgin Mary and establishing its status as an important liturgical space of the papacy.

Sources

Sistine Chapel https://www.britannica.com/topic/Sistine-Chapel
Cappella Sistina https://www.museivaticani.va/content/museivaticani/en/collezioni/musei/cappella-sistina/storia-cappella-sistina.html