Pope Gregory XIII papal brief, 1575

Name:

Gregory XIII, Pope, 1502-1585; Morone, Giovanni, 1509-1580

Date:

1575

Description:

Papal brief, dated February 11, 1575, from Pope Gregory XIII, possibly addressing a Caesar Nazaria. Signed Ioannes Cardinalis Moronus, who is known as Giovanni Morone, and was acting as a legatus a latere and witness, the highest form of papal ambassador, for Pope Gregory XIII. A name of a member of the archdiocese, who was a notarial prothonotary and possibly the recipient, has been eradicated. Contains an indulgence concerning an unspecified punishment, creating an exemption from an unknown edict of the Council of Trent.

Language:

Latin

Provenance:

Sold by Libreria Antiquaria Docet (Bologna), cat. 57(March 1959), no. 211.

Subject:

Catholic Church -- Discipline; Catholic Church; Discipline

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

Papal briefs; Indulgences (documents); Manuscripts, Latin; Manuscripts, Renaissance

Physical Description:

1 item (1 leaf) : parchment

Rights:

https://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/

Notes:

In Latin.

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Oversize 17