This Foundation took the place of a pre-existing Foundation established by Pope Leo XIII, who in 1891 decided to dedicate an area within the Vatican as a hospice to help the sick living in the neighborhoods near the Vatican, also to face a cholera epidemic afflicting various Italian cities at the time. During the Conclave, in addition to the cardinal electors, people who already reside in the Vatican and who according to the Apostolic Constitution “Universi Dominici gregis” also participate in the Conclave, will also move into Sanctae Marthae.įrom a juridical point of view, today’s “Domus” is a “Foundation,” set up in 1996 by means of chirograph written by the Pope himself. The “Domus” has a direct link with the social and charitable work undertaken by the Daughters of Charity from the late 19th century and throughout the 20th century, especially during the Second World War.ĭuring the period of vacant See, all the occupants of the “Domus” have to leave in order to make way for the cardinal electors. It is run by the Daughters of Charity of St Vincent de Paul, which is the most numerous female religious congregation in the world today, with some 22,000 religious. The “Domus” is a modern residence for cardinals and other prelates visiting Rome (it has 106 suites, 22 single rooms and one apartment). Prior to this there existed an institution known as the St Martha Hospice, within which there was also a Pontifical Dispensary of St Martha. The current St Martha House (“Domus Sanctae Marthae”), is a Foundation.
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