Archive Notes
Latin:
RAPHEAL TITULI S. CRUCIS IN HIERUSALEM
S. R. ECCLESIAE PRESB. CARDINALIS
MONACO LA VALLETTA
SSMI DNI NRI PAPAE VICARIUS GENERALIS
ROMANAE CURIAE EIUSQUE DISTRICTUS IUDEX ORDINARIUS, ETC.
Universis, et singulis, praesentes literas inspecturis fidem facimus, et attestamur, quod Nos ad maiorem Omnipotentis Dei gloriam, suorumque Sanctorum venerationem recognovimus sacras particulas ex Indumentis S. Francisci Sal. E.C.D.
quas ex authenticis locis extractas reverenter collocavimus in theca de argent. oratae formae crystallo munita, bene clausa et funiculo serico coloris rubri colligata, ac sigillo nostro signata, easque tradidimus cum facultate apud retinendi, extra Urbem transmittendi et publicae Fidelium venerationi exponendi. Monemus autem fideles in quorum amnus hae sacrae reliquiae nunc vel in posterum venturae sunt, nullo modo licere eas vendere, nec cum iis rebus quae mercimonii specimen praeseferant, commutare.
In quorum fidem has literas testimoniales manu nostra subscriptass, nostroque sigillo firmatas per infrascriptum Sacrarum Reliquiarum Custodem expedri mandavimus.
Romae ex Aedibus nostris Die 1 mensis Junii Anni MDCCCLXXXIII
English:
Raphael Tituli Saints of the Jerusalem Cross
S. R. Cardinal President of the Church
MONACO LA VALLETTA
His Holiness the Pope, Vicar General
Ordinary Judge of the Roman Court and its District
To all and any who inspect these present letters we assert and attest in good faith that for the glory of God and his saints we have recognised (the authenticity of) the sacred particles from the Vestments of St. Francis Ps. E. C. D. which, having been extracted from authentic places, we have reverently placed in a silver case of ornate form, protected by crystal, well closed and tied with a red silk cord, and sealed with our seal, and we have delivered them with the power to retain them, to transmit them outside the City, and to display them for the public veneration of the Faithful. We advise, however, the Faithful into whose possession these sacred relics are now or in the future, that they are in no way permitted to sell them, nor to exchange them for those things which are a specimen of merchandise.
