Archive Notes
Latin:
LUCIDUS MARIA MISERATIONE DIVINA
EPISCOPUS PORTUENSIS ET S. RUFINAE
S. ROMANAE ECCLESIAE
CARDINALIS PAROCCHI
SSMI DNI PAPAE VICARIUS GENERALIS
S. ROMANAE ET UNIVERSALIS INQUISITIONIS SECRETARIUS
ROMANAE CURIAE EIUSQUE DISTRICTUS IUDEX ORIDNARIUS ETC.
Universis, et singulis, praesentes literas inspecturis fidem facimus, et attestamur, quod Nos ad maiorem Omnipotentis Dei gloriam suorumque Sanctorum venerationem recognovimus sacras particular ex Cineribus Sepalchri S. Joannis Berch. C. quas ex authenticis locis extractas reventer collocavimus in theca argentea 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 reliqueiae vel in posterum venturae sunt, nullo modo licere eas vendere, nec cum iis revus mercimonii speciem praesenferant commutare.
In quorum fidem has literas testimoniales manu susbcriptas, nostroque sigillo firmatas per infrascriptum sacrarum reliquiarum Custodem expediri mandavimus.
Romae ex Aedibus nostris die 11 mensis Julii anni MDCCCXCIX
Guild___ Lebartolini Locumtenens
REG. N. 779= GRATIS QUOCUMQUE TITULO.
English:
LUCIDUS MARIA BY DIVINE MERCY
BISHOP OF PORTO AND OF ST. RUFINA CARDINAL OF THE HOLY ROMAN CHURCH
PARISH VICAR GENERAL OF THE MOST HOLY LORD POPE
SECRETARY OF THE INQUISITION OF THE HOLY ROMAN AND UNIVERSAL CHURCH
ORDINARY JUDGE OF THE DISTRICT, ETC.
To all and each who will inspect these present letters, we attest and bear witness that, for the greater glory of Almighty God and the veneration of His Saints, we have recognized the sacred particles from the Ashes of John Berchmans, S.J., which were reverently taken from authentic places and placed in a round silver reliquary, secured with crystal, properly sealed, tied with a red silk cord, and marked with our seal. These relics have been granted with permission to retain, to send outside the City, and to expose publicly for the veneration of the faithful.
Moreover, we admonish the faithful, into whose hands these sacred relics may come now or in the future, that it is by no means permitted to sell them, nor to exchange them for goods that bear the appearance of commerce.
In witness of this, we have issued these testimonial letters, signed by our hand and fortified with our seal, and we have ordered them to be expedited by the undersigned Custodian of Sacred Relics.
Given at Rome, at our offices, on the 11th day of July, in the year 1899.
Guiscardus Bartolini, Lieutenant
Registry No. 779
Freely Issued Without Any Title.
