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15451545–1563 · Trento

Council of Trent

A 17th-century painting of the Council of Trent in session inside Santa Maria Maggiore, Trento
Archival image: Elia Naurizio. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Called by Pope Paul III in answer to the Protestant Reformation, the Council of Trent met in three periods over eighteen years in this Alpine city between the Italian and German lands. Its decrees fixed Catholic doctrine on scripture, grace and the sacraments, reformed the training of priests and led to a new catechism and missal, shaping the Catholic Church until the 1960s.

Sites

  1. Site 1: Trento CathedralRomanesque cathedral where the council opened in December 1545.Map ↗
  2. Site 2: Santa Maria Maggiore, TrentoRenaissance church that hosted the council's final sessions.Map ↗
  3. Site 3: Castello del BuonconsiglioThe prince-bishops' castle, now a museum of art and local history.Map ↗

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