THE POPE IN EXILE
PIUS IX
(Giovanni M. Mastai-Ferretti, 1792-1878, Pope from 1846 who proclaimed the Dogma of the Immaculate Conception and whose Vatican Council formulated the Dogma of Papal Infallibility)
Fine Letter Signed to FERDINAND II,
(1810-1859, from 1830 King of the Two Sicilies), in Latin with translation, saying "Your Royal Majesty well knows how joyful We were at the happy delivery of Our most dear daughter in Christ MARIA THERESIA, Your August Spouse", (1816-1867, his second wife, 1837, elder daughter of Karl, Duke of Teschen), "who on the 2nd of this month gave birth to a baby Princess at Gaeta, for nothing pleased Us more than to baptize the Little Girl next day in the Cathedral Basilica of Gaeta", thanking him for "Your most kind Letter of the 8th of the same month", and begging "God, the insanely generous giver of all good things, that He may wish ever more propitiously to grant Your Majesty, the Little Girl and her Mother all prosperity and health", ending with, "as an auspice of this divine assistance", his Apostolic Benediction on all the family, 1 side folio, address on conjugate leaf, Gaeta, 12th August "in the 4th Year of Our Pontificate",
Item Date:
1849
Stock No:
55681
£1750
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PIUS IX
(Giovanni M. M. Ferretti, 1792-1878, Pope from 1846 who proclaimed the Dogma of the Immaculate Conception and whose Vatican Council formulated the Dogma of Papal Infallibility)
Rare Autograph draft letter, unsigned, in Italian
with transcription and translation, written when he was Bishop of Imola (1832-1846), south east of Bologna, to the Mayor ('Gonfalionere') of nearby Lugo, saying that "The Hospital of Santa Maria della Scaletta at Imola remains firm in its determination to abandon a long and expensive Case, such as that which has been argued up till now before the Sacred Tribunal of the Rota on behalf of the Exposed Children of the Diocese", he has already so assured the Pro-Legate of Ferrara, but explaining that the Congregation, in view of the unexpected setting down of a hearing for the 23rd and possible judgement, has asked for a postponement "solely to give the Municipality of Imola time to examine the merits of the Case", not just to prove that "such good Citizens as are Members of the Congregation" do not want "to be thought indifferent", adding that "the special administration set up by Monsignor the Pro-Legate will employ every means for the relief of the Hospital, whatever the Prior of Conselice may think to the contrary", he assures the Mayor that the Hospital will withdraw, and that the Communal Council will accept "the encyclical of the Secretariat of State", believing that most of the Communes of the Province of Ravenna "have by now made their payments ... likewise ... those of the Province of Ferrara", and ending with his blessing, 2 sides 12¾" x 8½", no place, 21th March
Item Date:
1835
Stock No:
54230
£1250
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PIUS X
(Giuseppe Sarto, 1835-1914, of humble origins, born in Riese near Venice, Condemned Theological Modernism in his 1907 'Pascendi' encyclical, Champion of Social Reform, Reformed the Liturgy, Canonized 1954)
Group Portrait Postcard Photograph, by Pospisil, signed 'Pius P.P. X'
across the foot of the image, titled in French 'The Holy Father and his Court', showing the Pope in white robes and white skull cap, seated on his throne in a room in the Vatican, with eleven members of his court, all full length and full or nearly full face, published by Alterocca of Terni, 3½" x 5½", no date, circa
Item Date:
1910
Stock No:
54398
£750
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PIUS X
(Giuseppe Sarto, 1835-1914, from 1903 Pope, of humble origins, born in Riese near Venice, Condemned Theological Modernism in his 1907 ‘Pascendi’ encyclical, Champion of Social Reform, Reformed the Liturgy, Canonized 1954)
Portrait Postcard Photograph, signed ‘Pius P.P. X’
across the foot of the image, showing the Pope in white robes and white skull cap, seated on his throne in a room in the Vatican, his coat of arms in the top right corner, 5½” x 3½”, published by Alterocca of Terni, no date, circa
very light crease across one corner of dark background
Item Date:
1905
Stock No:
54397
£775
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PIUS XI
(born Ambrogio Damiano Achille Ratti, 1857-1939, Pope from 1922 and Sovereign of Vatican City from 1929)
Fine Blessing signed
with a fine round photo by G. Felicif, Roma, at the head showing him seated on his throne giving a blessing, underneath the text is illuminated with gold and red, the blessing is for Joseph Kinsley and his family, there is a faint impression of the papal seal, the photo 6½ inches across and the document 14” x 11”, Rome, no date, circa
Item Date:
1930
Stock No:
42339
£775
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