Archive Notes
Latin:
Fr. ANTONIUS M. RICCIARDI
ORDINIS FRATRUM MINORUM S. FRANCISCI CONVENTUALIUM
POSTULATOR GENERALIS
Universis et singulis praesentes Litteras inspecturis fidem facimus ac testamur:
Nos accepisse ex authenticis locis, vi muneris Nostri, particulam
EX OSSIBUS S. ANTONII PATAVINI CONF. ECCL. DOCT.
eamque, legitime recognitam, reverenter collocavisse in theca argentea aurata rotundae formae, unico crystallo munita, necnon bene clausa, ac funiculo serico rubri coloris interius colligata, et sigillo Nostro signata.
In quorum fidem has Litteras, manu Nostra subscriptas sigilloque Nostro munitas, concedimus.
Datum Romae, ad SS. XII Apostolos, die 1 mensis Aprilis, 1961.
A. M. Ricciardi
Postulator Generalis
I am quite doubtful about the authenticity of this one.
English:
Fr. ANTONIUS M. RICCIARDI
OF THE ORDER OF FRIARS MINOR OF ST. FRANCIS (CONVENTUAL)
GENERAL POSTULATOR
To all and each who inspect this letter, we provide in good faith and testify:
We have received, by the authority of our office, a particle
OF THE BONES OF ST. ANTHONY OF PADUA, CONFESSOR AND DOCTOR OF THE CHURCH,
and we have legitimately recognized and reverently placed it in a reliquary of silver, formed into an oval shape, sealed with a single crystal, properly closed, tied with a red silk thread inside, and secured with our seal.
In witness whereof, we grant these Letters, signed by our hand and strengthened with our seal.
Given at Rome, at the Church of the Holy Apostles, on the 1st day of April, in the year 1961.
A. M. Ricciardi
General Postulator
These notes were found at the bottom which provide an interesting view on this relic:
"I am quite doubtful about the authenticity of this one."
"The relic is with Mrs. Haider (B.G.H)."
