The History of the Vatican Library

Vatican hill was the site of saint peter's burial. It became the location of the most important church in rome, saint p Peter's basilica. To day, it's the center of the vatican city state. Over time, the popes began building up quite a library. In 14 75, pope sixtus the fourth established what's now the vatican libr ary which contains books on theology, philosophy and art,. And it was meant to be a public library it was open to the public. So how is the v Vatican library different from the vaticans secret archives? The books in the vatican library weren't the church's administrative record which the