Archive Notes
Latin
LUCIDUS MARIA MISERATIONE DIVINA
EPISCOPUS PORTUENSIS ET S. RUFINAE
S. ROMANAE ECCLESIAE
CARDINALIS PAROCCHI
SSMI DNI NRI PAPAE VICARIUS GENERALIS
S. ROMANAE ET UNIVERSALIS INQUISITIONIS SECRETARIUS
ROMANAE CURIAE EIUSQUE DISTRICTUS UIDEX ORDINARIUS ETC.
Universis et singulis, praesentes literas inspecturis fidem facimus, et attestamur, quod Nos ad maiorem Omnipotentus Dei gloriam suorumque Sanctorum venerationem recognovimus sacras particulas ex Velo serico in quo involuta fuerunt oua S. Thomas Aquin. C. D.
Quas ex authenticis locis extractas reverenter collocavmius in theca deargenti rontundae formae crystallo munita, bene clausa et funiculo serico coloris rubri colligata, ac sigillo nostra signata, easque tradidimus cum facultate apud se retinendi, extra Urbem transmittendi et publicae Fidelium venerationi expondendi, Monemus autem fideles in quorum manus hae sacrae reliquiae vel in posterum venturae sunt, nullo modo licere eas vendere, nec cum iis rebus quae mercimonii speciem praeseferant, commutare.
In quorum fidem has literas testimoniales manu nostra subscriptas, nostroque sigillo firmatas per infrascriptas Sacrarum reliquiarum Custodem expediri mandavimus.
Romae ex Aedibus nostris die 14 mensis Julii anni MDCCCXCIX
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Reg. N.
English:
Lucidus Maria
By Divine Mercy
Bishop of Porto and Santa Rufina
Cardinal Parocchi of the Holy Roman Church
Vicar General of Our Most Holy Lord, the Pope
Secretary of the Holy Roman and Universal Inquisition
Ordinary Judge of the Roman Curia and its District, etc.
To all and any who shall inspect the present letters, we make known and attest that we, for the greater glory of Almighty God and the veneration of His Saints, have recognized the sacred particles from the silk cloth in which were wrapped the bones of Saint Thomas Aquinas, Confessor and Doctor.
These, having been extracted from authentic places, we have reverently placed in a silver case of round shape, adorned with glass, well sealed, tied with a red silk cord, and marked with our seal. We have delivered them with the faculty of retaining them, transmitting them outside the City, and exposing them to the public veneration of the Faithful. However, we admonish the faithful into whose hands these sacred relics shall come now or in the future that it is in no way permitted to sell them or exchange them for items that bear the appearance of commerce.
In witness whereof, we have ordered these testimonial letters, signed by our own hand and sealed with our seal, to be issued by the undersigned Custodian of Sacred Relics.
At Rome, from our residence, on the 14th day of the month of July, in the year 1899.
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Reg. N. 779
