Archive Notes
Latin:
Fr. JOANNES A JESU MARIA
POSTULATOR GENERALIS ORDINIS CARM. DISCALC.
Universis praesentes litteras inspecturis fidem facimus testamur, ab authenticis Reliquiis, quae apud nos servantur, extraxisse particulas ex ligneo pulvere, mixto pulveri corporis, quem residuum continebat prima capsa funeralis S. Teresiae a Jesu Infante, Virg., quas in theca ex metallo formae rotundae chrystallo munita, filo serico coloris rubri et sigillo nostro obsignata collocavimus. In quorum fidem has litteras many nostra subscriptas et sigillo munitas dedimus.
Datum Romae, ex Aedibus Gneralitiis Carmel. Discalc., die 23. IV. 1957
Fr. Joannes a Jesu Maria
POSTULATOR GENERALIS
English:
Fr. JOANNES FROM JESUS MARY
POSTULATOR OF GENERAL ORDER CARM. DISCALC.
To all who inspect the present letter, we provide and testify in good faith, from the authentic remains we have kept with us, we have extracted particles of wood, mixed with powder from the body, from the first funeral case containing the corpse of Saint Therese of the child Jesus, Virgin., which we have placed in a metallic case, round in shape, protected by a crystal, with red silk thread, and sealed with our seal. In faith we have given these letters under our signatures and seals.
Given in Rome, from the General House of Carmel. Discalc., on the 23rd of April, 1957.
Fr. Joannes a Jesu Maria
POSTULATOR GENERALIS