Bull of Pope Innocent X ordering the delivery of the pallium to Archbishop Mikołaj of Lwów

Innocent, Bishop, Servant of the Servants of God, to our venerable brothers [...] the Bishops of Poznań and [...] of Kamieniec, Greetings and apostolic blessing. Since the pallium, that is, the insignia of the fullness of the pontifical office, has been requested from us with due earnestness on behalf of our beloved son Mikołaj, recently Bishop of Wenden, elected Archbishop of Lwów – whom we recently, by the advice of our brothers and from the fullness of apostolic power, deemed it right to transfer by apostolic authority from the bond by which he was bound to the church of Wenden, which he then led, to the church of Lwów, then in a certain way deprived of the comfort of a shepherd, placing him at its head as archbishop and shepherd, as is more fully contained in our letters drawn up on this matter – through our beloved son Alessandro Brandani, a Roman cleric, his messenger, we, acceding to the requests of the aforementioned Mikołaj Elect, have deemed it right to send through the said messenger Alessandro that pallium, taken from the body of blessed Peter, to be delivered to him by you or one of you according to the formula which we send enclosed under our bull. Therefore, by apostolic letter, we command your fraternal love that you or one of you endeavor to deliver this pallium to him according to the aforementioned formula and receive, or one of you receive, from him in our name and in the name of the Roman Church the usual oath of due fidelity; and let the formula of the oath which the aforementioned Mikołaj Elect shall take be sent to us word for word, literally, through his open letters sealed with his seal, by his own messenger as soon as possible. Given in Rome at Saint Mary Major, in the Year of the Lord's Incarnation one thousand six hundred and forty-five, on the third day before the Ides of July [July 13, 1645], in the first year of our pontificate. [In the left margin and below the text, curial signatures:] Gratis by order of Our Most Holy Lord. C. Mannutius A. de Valent[ia] I. P. Jacobellus, a certain [?] registrar I. Ugolinus L. Coramena E. Rentius [On the plica on the left:] I. P. Flaminique [?] [On the right on the plica:] decorated [?] [Seal:] [Lead papal bull of Innocent X on a hemp cord: on the obverse the heads of St. Peter and St. Paul with a cross, on the reverse the inscription: INNOCENTIVS PAPA X]. [Verso:] Granting of the pallium to Mikołaj Elect, Archbishop of Lwów, by Pope Innocent X in the year 1645. [Below, old signatures and chancery marks, including:] Bundle 23. No. 8.; [stamp with archive signature:] L.XXIII / 6; [large monogram/paraph].

Innocentius ep[iscopu]s servus servor[um] Dei [venerabilibus] f[rat]ribus [...] Posnanien[si] et [...] Camenecen[si] ep[iscop]is Sal[u]t[em] et ap[ostoli]cam ben[edictionem]. Cum pallium insigne videlicet plenitudinis pontificalis officii ex parte dilecti filij Nicolai Ep[iscop]i nuper Venden[sis] in Archiep[iscop]um Leopolien[sem] electi, que[m] nos nuper a vinculo quo eccl[esi]e Venden[si] cui tunc preerat tenebatur de fr[atr]um n[rost]rorum consilio et ap[ostoli]ce potestatis plenitudine ad eccl[esi]am Leopolien[sem] tunc certo modo pastore solatio destitutam de simili consilio ap[ostoli]ca au[cto]r[ita]te duximus transferendum, preficiendo ipsum illi in Archiep[iscop]um et pastorem, prout in n[ost]ris inde confectis l[itte]ris plenius continetur, per dilectum filium Alexandrum Brandanum clericum Roman[um] nuntium suum fuerit a nobis cum ea qua decuit instantia postulatum, nos ipsius Nicolai Electi precibus annuentes, pallium ipsum de corpore beati Petri sumptum per vos vel alterum v[est]rum assignandum eidem secundum formam qua[m] sub bulla n[ost]ra mittimus introclusam per p[re]fatum Alexandrum Nuntium duximus destinandum. Quocirca fr[ater]nitati v[est]re per ap[ostoli]ca scripta mandamus, quatenus vos vel alter v[est]rum pallium ipsum iuxta premissam formam sibi assignare curetis, et ab eo n[ost]ro et Romane eccl[esi]e no[m]i[n]e fidelitatis debite solitum recipiatis seu alter v[est]rum recipiat iuramentum, forma autem iuramenti quod dictus Nicolaus Electus prestabit nobis de verbo ad verbum per eius patentes l[itte]ras suo sigillo munitas per proprium nuntium quantocius destinet[ur]. Datum Rome apud S[an]c[t]am Mariam Maiorem, Anno Incarnationis Dominice millesimo sexcentesimo quadragesimo quinto, Tertio Id[us] Iulii, Pontificatus n[ost]ri Anno Primo. [W lewym marginesie i pod tekstem podpisy kurialne:] Grat[is] de mandato S[anctissimi] D[omini] N[ostri]. C. Mannutius A. de Valent[ia] I. P. Jacobellus q[uidam?] reg[istrator] I. Ugolinus L. Coramena E. Rentius [Na plicy po lewej:] I. P. Flaminique [?] [Z prawej na plicy:] ador[naui]t [?] [Pieczęć:] [Ołowiana bulla papieska Innocentego X na sznurze konopnym: na awersie głowy św. Piotra i Pawła z krzyżem, na rewersie napis: INNOCENTIVS PAPA X]. [Verso:] Concessio Pallij Nicolao Electo Archiep[iscop]o Leopolien[si] ab Innocentio Papa X. a[nn]o 1645. [Poniżej dawne sygnatury i znaki kancelaryjne, m.in.:] Fasc. 23. N[ro] 8.; [pieczątka z sygnaturą archiwum:] L.XXIII / 6; [wielki monogram/parafa].