The Angelica Library, in Rome, is a public library located next to the church of Sant’Agostino. Among its numerous shelves of original and fragile manuscripts dating back centuries exists a very important collection that the Catholic Church hid from public view since 1559- the Index Librorum Prohibitorum, or List of Prohibited Books.

In an attempt to “protect the faith and morals of the faithful,” the purpose of the Index was to collect publications deemed heretical, anti-clerical, or lascivious in preparation for their censorship by the Church.

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