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 IUDEX ORDINARIUS ETC.
Universalis et singulis, praesentes literas inspecturis fidem facimus, et attestamur, quod Nos ad mairoem Omnipotentis Dei gloriam, suorumque Sanctorum venerationem recognovimus sacras particulas ex area Sepulchrali S. aloysii gong. C.
quas ex authenticis locis extractas reverenter collocavimus in theca de argenti rotundae formae crystallo munita, bene clausa et funiculo serico coloris rubri colligata, ac sigillo nostro signata, easque tradidimus cum facultate apud se retinendi. Extra Urbem transmittendi et publicae Fidelium venerationi exponendi. 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, infrascriptum Sacrarum Reliquiarum Custodem expedri mandavimus.
Romae ex Aedibus nostris die 14 mensis julii anni MDCCCXCIX
English:
Bishop of Portus and St. Rufina Cardinal of the Holy Roman Church
General Vicar of His Holiness Our 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 inspect these present documents, we attest and affirm that for the greater glory of the Almighty God and the veneration of His Saints, we have recognised the sacred particles from the tomb of Saint Aloysius Gonzaga
which, having been extracted from authentic places, we have reverently placed in a case of silver in a round shape, adorned with crystal, 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.
