The pontifices determined festival dates, assisted the emperor in his religious duties, and determined which days were legal for conducting business. They were headed by the pontifex maximus ...
12 BC - Augustus becomes Pontifex Maximus. Augustus assumes the office of Pontifex Maximus, the high priest of the collegium of the Pontifices and the highest position in Roman religion.
An anniversary increases Our confidence in this effort, namely, the fourth centenary of the apostolic bull Consueverunt Romani Pontifices, 1 by which St. Pius V gave the rosary a form suitable for all ...
It was the same Pope St. Pius V, who in 1569 officially approved the Rosary in its present form with the Papal Bull, Consueverunt Romani Pontifices. It had been completed by the addition of the second ...