Brief of Pope Clement XIII granting a plenary indulgence to the faithful visiting the Lviv Cathedral

POPE CLEMENT XIII To all the faithful in Christ who shall see this letter, greetings and apostolic blessing. For the increase of the piety of the faithful and the salvation of souls, considering with pious love the heavenly treasures of the Church, to all the faithful in Christ of both sexes, truly penitent and confessed and refreshed by Holy Communion, who shall piously visit the cathedral church of Lviv – to which church and its chapels and altars, whether collectively or separately, or for the visitation of it or them, or their vigils, no other indulgence is granted – on three days of the year designated by the ordinary, from the first vespers until sunset of those days, each year, and there offer pious prayers to God for the concord of Christian rulers, the extirpation of heresies, and the exaltation of Holy Mother Church, on the day they do so, we mercifully grant in the Lord a plenary indulgence and remission of all their sins. This [letter] shall remain valid for only ten years. We wish, however, that if at any other time any other indulgence has been granted to the faithful in Christ for visiting the said church or chapel, or the altar situated therein, on any other day of the year, either in perpetuity or for a time not yet expired, or if anything, even the smallest amount, is given for the obtaining, presentation, acceptance, or proclamation, or is accepted as a voluntary offering, this [letter] shall be void. Given at Rome at Saint Mary Major, under the Ring of the Fisherman, on the 27th day of August, 1764, in the seventh year of our pontificate. Gratis for God and the Secretariat. [Signature:] N. Cardinal Antonelli [Verso:] [Chancery note:] Plenary indulgence for those visiting the archcathedral church, year 1764, for ten years [Later signature:] G. 73. W. 9 [Oval stamp illegible/label with signature:] R. XVIII / 8 [Traces of the Fisherman's seal in red wax under the paper]

CLEMENS PP. XIII Universis Christi fidelibus praesentes litteras inspecturis salutem, et apostolicam benedictionem. Ad augendam fidelium religionem, et animarum salutem, caelestibus Ecclesiae thesauris pia charitate intenti, omnibus utriusque sexus Christi fidelibus vere poenitentibus, et confessis, ac sacra communione refectis, qui Ecclesiam Cathedralem Leopolien[sem], cui Ecclesiae ejusque Capellis et altaribus sive eibus sive solis, eamque seu eas, vel ea, aut illarum, seu illorum vigilias, vel vigilia etiam visitandi, nulla alia indulgentia reperitur concessa in tribus anni diebus per Ordinarium designandis a primis vesperis usque ad occasum solis dierum huiusmodi singulis annis devote visitaverint, et ibi pro Christianorum Principum concordia, haeresum extirpatione, ac Sanctae Matris Ecclesiae exaltatione pias ad Deum preces effuderint, quo die id egerint, Plenariam omnium peccatorum suorum indulgentiam, et remissionem misericorditer in Domino concedimus. Praesentibus ad Decennium tantum valituris. Volumus autem ut si alias Christi fidelibus in quocumque alio anni die dictam Ecclesiam seu Capellam aut altare in ea situm visitandi, aliqua alia indulgentia perpetuo, vel ad tempus nondum elapsum duratura concessa fuerit, vel si pro impetrando, praesentandi, admittendi, seu publicandi extiterit aliquid vel minimum detur, aut sponte oblatum recipiatur praesentes nullae sint. Datum Romae apud Sanctam Mariam Majorem sub Annulo Piscatoris die XXVII Augusti MDCCLXIV Pontificatus Nostri Anno Septimo. Gratis pro Deo et Secretaria. [Podpis:] N. Card. Antonellus [Verso:] [Nota kancelaryjna:] Indulgentia plenaria Visitantibus Ecclesiam Archi-cathedralem, Anno 1764 ad decennium [Sygnatura późniejsza:] G. 73. W. 9 [Pieczątka owalna nieczytelna/nalepka z sygnaturą:] R. XVIII / 8 [Ślady po pieczęci rybaka w czerwonym wosku pod papierem]