The Pontifical Committee of Historical Sciences is a division of the Roman Curia established on 7 April 1954 by Pope Pius XII.
Pope Pius XII created this committee on 7 April 1954 as the successor to the Commission of Cardinals for Historical Studies, which Pope Leo XIII had created on 18 August 1883 with the apostolic letter Saepenumero considerantes.
[2] On 14 January 2019 Pope Francis created the new role of the assessor as third leadership position, after the president and the secretary.
[4] In 2012 it marked the 1700th anniversary of the Battle of Ponte Milvio with a conference called "Constantine the Great.
[6] In 2017, the committee sponsored a three-day conference called "Luther: 500 Years Later" to examine the non-theological context of the origins of the Protestant Reformation.