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 VIII
(born Francesco Saverio Maria Felice Castiglioni, 1761-1830, Pope from 1829 to his death)
A friendly Clerk Written Letter Signed to “the Prior and Canons of the Collegiate Church of Cingoli”
saying he is “exceedingly obliged by the gracious interest that the Most Illustrious Ladies are pleased to show toward me, through the kind and delicate congratulations you have favoured me with for the office of Major Penitentiary, to which I have been called solely by sovereign clemency, and by the desire you express to see me in my homeland before my departure for Rome. I therefore offer You my distinguished thanks, from the depths of my heart, for such favour. However, I find it difficult to be able to satisfy Your aforementioned wish, due to the various commitments that I must attend to before my departure. I therefore ask You for Your fervent prayers to our Holy Protector, and, eager to reciprocate with all due affection and esteem...”, 1 side 4to., Cesena, 25th August
Item Date:
1821
Stock No:
43663
£975
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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)
Autograph Letter Signed “B. A. Ratti” in Italian with Translation,
thanking him “from the bottom of my heart for your kind and friendly message of the 12th of this month. I am deeply sorry when you write to me about your sorrows, and I pray that the prognosis for your brother, whom I had the good fortune to meet when I recommended to him a good man who, unfortunately, needed your help and for whom he showed unforgettable and unforgettable kindness, will not come true. If you have the opportunity, please remind him, and give him my best regards. I then immediately took to heart your precious suggestions and asked Senator Li Beltrani to come to my aid with those Galilean volumes, which he did, as is his wont, without delay. The bureaucratic deeds you recount to me are most edifying; we here say: “That’s crazy!”. And unfortunately, the fear that Galileo will be overtaken by Leonardo is legitimate. By the way, thanks for the newspaper you sent: I wasn’t aware of your article; I read it with great interest and with... continuous strings of assent. I’ve been of your opinion for a while now! Nothing about Tartaglia; a lot about Moletti, as you know: if I can help you with anything - at least in the description of the codices - please keep me at your disposal...”, 2 sides 8vo., Milan
Item Date:
1918
Stock No:
43662
£1250
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