Archive Notes
Latin:
Fr. PETRUS CANISIUS VAN LIERDE
ORDINIS EREMITARUM SANCTI AGUSTINI
DEI ET APOSTOLICAE SEDIS GRATIA
EPISCOPUS PORPHYRIENSIS
SACRARII APOSTOLICI PRAEFECTUS
SANCTISSIMI D. N. PAPAE PRAELATUS DOMESTICUS, PONTIFICIO SOLIO ASSISTENS AC VICARIUS GENERALIS IN CIVITATE VATICANA
Has literas perlegentibus fidem facimus atque testamur Nos, ad majorem Dei gloriam Sanctorumque Suorum venerationem racognovisse particulam ex carne
S. Pii X Pp. Conf.
ex authenticis locis extractam, quam in exhibita theca argentea, formae rotundae (ovalis)
bene clausa, crystallo munita, funiculo serico rubri coloris obstricta, et nostro sigillo impresso super cera minio tincta signata, reverenter collocavimus: facta Domino potestate illam apud se retinendi et publicae Christifidelium venerationi exponendi. Monemus autem fideles in quorum manus hae sacrae reliquiae vel in posterum venturae sunt, nullo modo licere eas vendere, nec cum iis rubu, quae mercimonii speciem praeseferant, commutare. In horum fidem testimonium hoc manu nostra subscriptum, et signo firmatum ei remisimus.
Datum ex Civitate Vaticana, hac die 2 mensis Junii an. 1954
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English:
Fr. PETRUS CANISIUS VAN LIERDE
OF THE ORDER OF THE HERMITAGE OF SAINT AUGUSTINE
BY THE GRACE OF GOD AND THE APOSTOLIC SEE
BISHOP OF PORPHYRIUM
PREFECT OF THE APOSTOLIC SACRISTY
DOMESTIC PRELATE OF OUR MOST HOLY LORD THE POPE, ASSISTANT TO THE PONTIFICAL THRONE, AND VICAR GENERAL IN VATICAN CITY
To those who shall read this letter, we make known and testify that, for the greater glory of God and in veneration of His Saints, we have recognized a particle from the flesh of St. Pius X, Pope and Confessor, extracted from authentic places, which we have reverently placed in the displayed in a silver container, round (oval) in shape, well-sealed, secured with crystal, bound with red silk thread, and sealed with our seal imprinted on red wax.
We have granted the bearer the authority to retain it and to expose it for the public veneration of the Christian faithful. However, we admonish the faithful into whose hands these sacred relics may come, that they should never sell them nor exchange them for things that bear the appearance of commerce. In witness whereof, we have issued this testimonial, signed with our hand and confirmed with our seal, and delivered it to the bearer.
Given by Vatican City, on the 2nd day of the month of June, in the year 1954.
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