Papal brief of Pope Pius VI granting an indulgence to the parish church in Podhajce

POPE PIUS VI To all the faithful in Christ who shall view this letter, greetings and apostolic blessing. Having in mind with pious love the increase of the devotion of the faithful and the salvation of souls through the heavenly treasures of the Church, to all the faithful in Christ of both sexes, truly penitent, confessed, and nourished by Holy Communion, who shall piously visit the parish church of the Most Holy Trinity in the town called Podhajce in the Archdiocese of Lviv, both on the feast of the same Most Holy Trinity and on the second day, whether all together or individually, collectively or separately, or each of them separately, or from whom after the visit no visit to any other church is simultaneously required, and on Sundays from the first vespers until the sunset of that same day each year, and shall there offer pious prayers to God for the concord of Christian rulers, the eradication of heresies, and the exaltation of Holy Mother Church, we mercifully grant in the Lord a plenary indulgence and remission of all their sins. This [letter], effective after the first year, shall remain valid only for ten years. We desire, however, that if any other indulgence has been granted elsewhere to the faithful in Christ visiting the aforementioned church, chapel, or altar existing therein on any other day of the year, whether in perpetuity or for a certain time, or if for the obtaining, procuring, issuance, or publication of this [letter] even the smallest thing is given or voluntarily accepted, this [letter] shall be deprived of all power and significance. Given in Rome at Saint Mary Major, under the ring of the Fisherman, on the 15th day of May 1775, in the first year of Our pontificate. [Notes below the text:] [On the left:] [...] free of charge for God and the most holy[...] [...] [On the right:] I. Cardinal de Comitibus [On the reverse:] [Trace of a seal under a wafer / wax of the Fisherman's ring] [In pencil:] f 1. 261. [Ink stamp with signature:] LXXIX / 29

PIUS PP. VI. Universis Christifidelibus praesentes litteras inspecturis salutem et apostolicam benedictionem. Ad augendam Fidelium religionem, et animarum salutem coelestibus Ecclesiae thesauris pia charitate intenti, omnibus utriusque sexus Christifidelibus vere poenitentibus, et confessis, ac sacra Communione refectis, qui Ecclesiam Parochialem Sanctissimae Trinitatis Oppidi Podhaice nuncupati Dioecesis Leopolien[sis] tam in festo eidem Sanctissimae Trinitatis, et altero die, sive omnes, sive singuli, coniunctim vel divisim, aut illorum, seu illarum, singulatim, vel qui post visitationem nullam aliam pariter requirentur ecclesiam visitandam, diebus vero Dominicis a prima vespera usque ad occasum solis diei huiusmodi singulis annis devote visitaverint, et ibi pro Christianorum Principum concordia, haeresum extirpatione, ac Sanctae Matris Ecclesiae exaltatione pias ad Deum preces effuderint, plenariam omnium peccatorum suorum Indulgentiam, et remissionem misericorditer in Domino concedimus. Praesentibus post primum annum validis ad Decennium tantum valituris. Volumus autem, ut, si alias Christifidelibus in quocumque alio anni die dicta ecclesia, seu capella, aut altare inibi existens visitantibus aliquam aliam tam perpetuo, vel ad tempus eis concedendum indulgentiam concessus fuerit, vel si pro impetranda, impetratione, emissione, seu publicatione praesentium aliquid vel minimum detur aut sponte oblatum recipiatur, praesentes nullius sint roboris et ponderis. Datum Romae apud Sanctam Mariam Maiorem sub annulo Piscatoris die XV. Maii MDCCLXXV. Pontificatus Nostri Anno Primo. [Dopiski pod tekstem:] [Z lewej:] [...] gratis pro Deo et s[an]ct[issim]o [...] [Z prawej:] I. Card. de Comitibus [Verso:] [Ślad po pieczęci pod opłatkiem / laku po pierścieniu Rybaka] [Ołówkiem:] f 1. 261. [Pieczątka tuszowa z sygnaturą:] LXXIX / 29