Bull of Pope Urban VIII absolving Andrzej Śrzedziński from censures prior to his nomination as Bishop of Nicopolis

Urban, Bishop, Servant of the Servants of God, to our beloved son Andrzej Śrzedziński, presbyter of Kraków [...], greetings and apostolic blessing. The customary benevolence of the Roman Pontiff, so that the provisions made by him in due time regarding cathedral churches may not be undermined in any way, but that the persons promoted to them may preside over them with a pure heart and sincere conscience, employs appropriate remedies. Since, therefore, we intend today to provide, by apostolic authority, with the counsel of our brothers, for the church of Nicopolis, currently in some way deprived of the comfort of a shepherd, by [appointing] your person, dear to us and our brothers due to your merits, and to establish you therein as bishop and shepherd – we, wishing to ensure that, if by chance you were bound by any sentences, censures, and ecclesiastical penalties, said provision and appointment could not be considered invalid for that reason, do absolve you by the aforementioned authority, in the wording of this letter, from all sentences, censures, and ecclesiastical penalties of excommunication, suspension, and interdict, issued by force of law or by man for any occasion or cause, if you are in any way entangled by any of them – solely for the purpose that said provision and appointment and the individual letters drawn up in this matter may achieve their effect – and we declare you absolved, notwithstanding apostolic constitutions and ordinances and any other contrary provisions. Let no man, therefore, be permitted to violate this charter of our absolution and declaration or to oppose it with daring intent. Should anyone dare to attempt this, let him know that he shall incur the indignation of Almighty God and of His Apostles, Peter and Paul. Given in Rome at Saint Mary Major, in the year of the Lord's Incarnation one thousand six hundred and forty-one, on the sixteenth day before the Kalends of October [September 16, 1641], in the nineteenth year of our pontificate. [On the plica on the right, monogram/signature:] H. Theodoricus [Below the plica, chancery notes:] [...] V. Dionisius pro Mag[ist]ro [...] Warthon Jo[annes] Mattheus [...] [...] pro Dan[...] [Verso:] [Contemporary and later notes:] [...] Andreae Sredzinski [...] [Registrar's signature:] Amorottus [Paper seal/signature:] L. XXIV / 7 [Seal:] [Lead bull of Pope Urban VIII suspended on a yellow-red silk cord; obverse: heads of St. Peter and St. Paul, inscription: SPA SPE; reverse: VRBANVS PAPA VIII].

Urbanus Ep[iscop]us Servus Servor[um] Dei Dilecto filio Andree Sredzinski p[res]b[yter]o Cracovien[si] [...] Salut[em] et ap[ostoli]cam ben[edictionem]. Romani Pontificis consueta clementia ne dispositiones per eum de Cathedralibus eccl[esi]is pro tempore facte valeant quomodolibet impugnari sed persone ad eas promovende illis puro corde et sincera conscientia presidere valeant remedia prout convenit adhibet opportuna. Cum itaq[ue] Nos hodie ecclesie Nicopolien[si] ad presens certo modo Pastoris solatio destitute de persona tua nobis et f[ratri]bus n[ost]ris ob tuor[um] exigentiam meritor[um] accepta de fr[atr]um eor[un]dem consilio ap[ostoli]ca au[ctorita]te providere teq[ue] illi in Ep[iscop]um et Pastorem preficere intendamus Nos ne si forsan aliquibus sent[enti]is censuris et penis eccl[esiast]icis ligatus sis provisio et prefectio predicte valeant propterea invalide reputari providere volentes teq[ue] a quibusvis excom[muni]cationis suspensionis et interdicti aliisq[ue] eccl[esiast]icis sententiis censuris et penis a Jure vel ab homine quavis occasione vel causa latis si quibus quomodolibet innodatus existis ad hoc dumtaxat ut provisio et prefectio predicte ac singule l[itte]re desuper conficiende suum sortiantur effectum au[ctorita]te p[reduc]ta tenore p[rese]ntium absolventes et absolutum fore nuntiantes non obstantib[us] constitutionibus et ordinationibus ap[ostoli]cis ceterisq[ue] contrariis quibuscumq[ue]. Nulli ergo omnino hominum liceat hanc paginam n[ost]re absolutionis et nuntiationis infringere vel ei ausu temerario contraire. Siquis autem hoc attentare presumpserit indignationem Omnipotentis Dei ac beator[um] Petri et Pauli Ap[osto]lor[um] eius se noverit incursurum. Dat[um] Rome apud Sanctam Mariam Maiorem Anno Incarnationis Dominice Millesimo sexcentesimo quadragesimo primo Sextodecimo Kal[endas] Octob[ris] Pontificatus n[ost]ri Anno Decimonono. [Na plicy po prawej monogram/podpis:] H. Theodoricus [Pod plicą noty kancelaryjne:] [...] V. Dionisius pro Mag[ist]ro [...] Warthon Jo[annes] Mattheus [...] [...] pro Dan[...] [Verso:] [Noty z epoki i późniejsze:] [...] Andreae Sredzinski [...] [Podpis registratora:] Amorottus [Pieczęć papierowa/sygnatura:] L. XXIV / 7 [Pieczęć:] [Ołowiana bulla papieża Urbana VIII zawieszona na jedwabnym sznurze żółto-czerwonym; awers: głowy św. Piotra i Pawła, napis: SPA SPE; rewers: VRBANVS PAPA VIII].