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How did the plague affect the Jubilee Year of 1450?
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Nicholas V
Saint Francis of Assisi Appearing Before Pope Nicholas V, with Donors, oil on canvas by Antonio MontĆŗfar, 1628; in the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. 107.95 Ć 87.63 cm.
The 1450 Jubilee Year, which was proclaimed by Pope Nicholas V to stimulate piety and restore the reputation of the papacy, attracted vast numbers of pilgrims to Rome. However, the event was marred by an outbreak of the plague. Additionally, the celebration was marked by a tragedy in which 172 people died during a panic-crush on the Ponte SantāAngelo.1