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Bull of Pope Benedict XIV regarding the induction of Jan Alojzy Aleksandrowicz into the Lviv chancellery

Benedict XIV, Pope (Benedictus Episcopus Servus Servorum Dei) Joseph Simonetti, Referendary of Both Signatures and Dean, and Antoni Szymon Giedymin Giedroyć, Canon of the Lviv Cathedral (magistro Iosepho Simonetti Signaturae Nostrae Referendario et Decano ac Antonio Simoni Gedymin Giedroyc Canonico Ecclesiae Leopolien[sis])
Anno Incarnationis Dominicae Millesimo Septingentesimo Quinquagesimo Quarto, Nonis Martij, Pontificatus Nostri Anno Decimoquarto · Rome (Romae apud Sanctam Mariam Maiorem)

Pope Benedict XIV instructs apostolic commissioners to induct Jan Alojzy of Witold Aleksandrowicz into possession of the chancellery and canonry of the Lviv cathedral. He orders that the new chancellor be ensured the receipt of all revenues pertaining to the dignity and that any unlawful holders be removed.

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Translation / modern text

Benedict, Bishop, Servant of the Servants of God, to our beloved sons [...] Master [...] Joseph Simonetti, Referendary and Dean of Our Signature, and Antoni Szymon Giedymin Giedroyć, Canon of the Lviv church, greetings and apostolic blessing. Today, we have conferred by apostolic authority upon our beloved son Jan Alojzy of Witold Aleksandrowicz the chancellery of the Lviv church, the canonry and dignity of the aforementioned church therein, newly vacant after the pontifical and major [dignities], and finally vacant in a certain specified manner and previously reserved for apostolic disposition, together with the matters attached to it and all its rights and appurtenances, and we have invested him with it [finally?], as is more clearly contained in our letter drawn up for this purpose. Therefore, we command your prudence by apostolic letter that you, or two, or one of you, personally or through another or others, induct this same Jan Alojzy or his proctor in his name, by our authority, into the corporal possession of the aforementioned chancellery and the above-mentioned appurtenances and rights, and defend him once inducted, having removed any holder therefrom, ensuring that this same Jan Alojzy or his proctor in his stead be admitted to the aforementioned chancellery, as is the custom, and that all profits, revenues, incomes, rights, and proceeds of the same and those attached to it be paid to him in full, restraining those who oppose by our authority, with the rejection of appeals, regardless of anything we have reserved in that letter as not standing in the way, nor if to our venerable brother the Archbishop and our beloved sons the Chapter of Lviv or any others, jointly or severally, the Apostolic See has granted an indult that they cannot be placed under interdict, suspended, or excommunicated by an apostolic letter that does not make full and express and verbatim mention of such an indult. Given in Rome at Saint Mary Major, in the Year of the Lord's Incarnation one thousand seven hundred and fifty-four, on the Nones of March [March 7], in the fourteenth year of our pontificate. [Plica and signatures under the plica:] [On the left:] P. Dozzoli [?] [On the plica on the right:] [...] usur[?] [Under the text in the center:] A. Cardinal [...] / J. Carafa, Bishop [Below on the left:] F. Maffaccinus [?] [Verso:] [Note from the 18th/19th century regarding Lviv:] Ledianowska tenement house ad Cameram Charitatis 300 Polish florins Pro Annis sana Trzciana Canonice 200 Polish florins Post dicta Burnewiczowska, Tandem Swiatowiczowska on Krakowska Street ex oppo[si]to [...] opposite Wilczkowska [...] [In the upper right corner:] 8 / having mentioned the tenement house at No. 230 / on Krakowska Street / by Wilczkowska [Archival label:] L. VIII / 11.

Original wording — transcription

Benedictus Ep[iscop]us Servus Servorum Dei Dilectis filijs [...] Mag[ist]ro [...] Iosepho Simonetti Signaturae N[ost]rae Ref[eren]dario et Decano ac Antonio Simoni Gedymin Giedroyc Canonico Ecclesiae Leopolien[sis] Salut[em] et ap[osto]licam ben[edi]ct[i]o[ne]m. Hodie dilecto filio Ioanni Aloysio de Witold Alexandrowicz Cancellaria[m] Ecclesiae Leopolien[sis] Canonicatum et d[i]c[t]ae Ecclesiae Dignitatem inibi novit[er] post P[on]t[ific]al[es] maioresq[ue] deniq[ue] eorund[em] certo tunc expresso modo vacantem et antea disposit[i]oni Ap[osto]licae reservatam cum illi f[ac]tis annexis ac o[mn]ibus iuribus et pertinentiis suis Ap[ostoli]ca auct[orit]e contulimus et de illo d[e]f[initive?] providimus prout in n[ost]ris inde confectis l[itte]ris plenius cernitur contineri. Quocirca discretioni v[est]rae p[er] ap[osto]lica scripta mandamus quatenus vos vel duo aut unus v[est]rum p[er] se vel alium seu alios eund[em] Ioannem Aloysium vel procuratorem suum eius nomine in corporalem possessionem d[i]c[t]ae Cancellariae ac annexorum iuriumq[ue] et pertinentiarum suarum praemissorum inducatis auct[orit]e n[ost]ra et defendatis inductum, amoto exinde quolibet detentore, facientes eund[em] Ioannem Aloysium vel pro eo procuratorem suum ad dictam Cancellariam ut est moris admitti sibiq[ue] de illius ac annexorum eorund[em] fructibus, redditibus, proventibus, iuribus et obventionibus universis integre responderi, contradictores auct[orit]e n[ost]ra app[ellati]one postposita compescendo, non obstantibus o[mn]ibus quae in dictis l[itte]ris voluimus non obstare, seu si venerabili fratri n[ost]ro Archiep[iscop]o et dilectis filijs Capitulo Leopolien[si] vel quibusvis alijs co[mmuni]t[e]r aut divisim ab Ap[ostoli]ca sit Sede indultum q[uo]d interdici, suspendi vel exco[mmuni]cari non possint per l[itte]ras Ap[ostoli]cas non facientes plenam et expressam ac de verbo ad verbum de indulto h[uius]m[od]i mentionem. Datum Romae apud S[anctam] Mariam Maiorem Anno Incarnationis D[omi]nicae Millesimo Septingentesimo Quinquagesimo Quarto, Non[is] Martij, Pontificatus n[ost]ri Anno Decimoquarto. [Plica i podpisy pod plicą:] [Z lewej:] P. Dozzoli [?] [Na plice po prawej:] [...] usur[?] [Pod tekstem na środku:] A. Cardinal[is] [...] / J. Carafa Ep[iscopus] [Poniżej z lewej:] F. Maffaccinus [?] [Verso:] [Nota z XVIII/XIX w. dotycząca Lwowa:] Lapidea Ledianowska ad Cameram Charitatis fl[or.] pol. 300 Pro Annis sana Trzciana Canonice fl. 200 Post dicta Burnewiczowska, Tandem Swiatowiczowska na Krakowskiéy ulicy ex oppo[si]to [...] przeciwko Wilczkowskiey [...] [W prawym górnym rogu:] 8 / wspomniawszy kamienicą pod Nr 230 / na Krakowskiey Ulicy / przy Wilczkowskiey [Nalepka archiwalna:] L. VIII / 11.

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