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{{Quote|One of which is always walled up except during the Jubilee year, when it is broken down at Christmas when the Jubilee commences. The devotion which the populace has for the bricks and mortar of which it is composed is such that at the unwalling, the fragments are immediately carried off by the crowd, and the foreigners take them home as so many sacred [[relic]]s ... Out of devotion every one who gains the indulgence passes through that door, which is walled up again as soon as the Jubilee is ended.<ref name=Thurston/>}}
[[Pope Alexander VI]] expanded the rite of the Jubilee year of 1500 by opening other doors in [[Saint Peter's Basilica]], [[Basilica of Saint Mary Major]], and the [[Basilica of Saint Paul Outside the Walls]]. This jubilee year began on [[Christmas day]] and ended on the [[Feast of the Epiphany]] 1501.<ref>Marini, Piero. [https://www.vatican.va/news_services/liturgy/documents/ns_lit_doc_20010106_chiusura_en.html "The Holy Door Closes"]. Vatican News Service, 20 December 2000</ref> During the reign of [[Pope John VII]] the holy doors were opened every 50 years, reflecting the number of years attributed to the lifespan of [[Jesus Christ]]. This was later amended to 50 years in commemoration of the [[Hebrew]] custom of [[Jubilee (biblical)|Jubilees]] and later changed to a [[centenary]] or at any time at the will of the reigning [[Pontiff]].
[[File:Scuola romana, medaglia di gregorio XIII, 1575, giubileo, porta santa.JPG|thumb|Jubilee commemorative medal of Gregory XIII, 1575]]
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