Archive Notes
Latin:
LUCIDUS MARIA MISERATIONE DIVINA
EPISCOPUS PORTUENSIS ET S. RUFINAE
CARDINALIS PAROCCHI
SSMI DNI NRI PAPAE VICARIUS GENERALIS
S. ROMANAE ET UNIVERSALIS INQUISITIONIS SECRETARIUS
ROMANAE CURIAE EIUSQUE DISTRICTUS IUDEX ORDINARIUS ETC.
Universis, et singulis, praesentes literas inspecturis fidem facimus, et attestamur quod Nos ad maiorem Omnopotentis De gloriam, surumque Sanctorum venerationem recognovimus sacras particulas ex Velo sevico in quo involuta faerunt olla S. Laurentii Lev. M. quas ex authenticis locis extractaws reverenter collocavimus in theca deavgent. ovali fomae
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 litteras testimoniales manu nostra subscriptas, nostroque sigillo firmatas per infrascriptum Sacrarum Reliquarum Custodem expediri mandavimus.
Romae ex Aedibus nostris die 5 mensis Aprilis anni MDCCCXCVII
English:
LUCIDUS MARIA BY DIVINE MERCY
BISHOP OF PORTO AND SANTA RUFINA
CARDINAL PAROCCHI
VICAR GENERAL OF OUR MOST HOLY LORD, THE POPE
SECRETARY OF THE 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 veil in which were wrapped the bones of Saint Lawrence, Deacon and Martyr.
These, having been extracted from authentic places, we have reverently placed in a silver case of oval 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 5th day of the month of April, in the year 1897.
