Papal brief of Pope Pius VI granting a plenary indulgence for the Metropolitan Cathedral in Lviv

[Recto:] PIUS POPE VI. For a perpetual remembrance. 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 Christ's faithful of both sexes, truly penitent, confessed and nourished by Holy Communion, who shall piously visit the metropolitan church of Lviv on the eighth Sunday after the feast of the Most Holy Body of Christ or on another day of the year designated by the ordinary, from the first vespers until the sunset of that day each year, and there pour out pious prayers to God for the concord of Christian rulers, the eradication of heresy, and the exaltation of holy Mother Church, on that day on which they shall do so, we mercifully in the Lord grant a plenary indulgence and remission of all their sins. Notwithstanding any contrary provisions. This letter is to remain in force for all future times. Given in Rome at Saint Mary Major under the Ring of the Fisherman, on the 24th day of January 1797, in the twenty-third year of our pontificate. [Bottom right:] In place of Cardinal Braschi Onesti B. Mariscoltus [Verso:] [Annotation at the top:] Location: 30. v. 1. Kajetan Ignacy Gozdawa z Kietk Kicki, by the mercy of God and the authority of the Apostolic See, Metropolitan Archbishop of Lviv, Actual Councilor of His Sacred Imperial-Royal and Apostolic Majesty. Let it be known to all that we have received the apostolic letter contained within, granting a plenary indulgence to be obtained in our metropolitan church of Lviv, both on the eighth Sunday after the feast of the Most Holy Body of Christ and on another day to be determined by the local ordinary, as intact, whole, and uncorrupted, and we have given permission for its proclamation, and at the same time – while preserving the aforementioned eighth Sunday after the feast of the Most Holy Body of Christ as designated by the Apostolic See for obtaining the plenary indulgence – we designate, determine, and proclaim the day also left to us as the local ordinary to determine, for the second time in the year for gaining the plenary indulgence in our said metropolitan church, the feast of the Holy Apostles Peter and Paul. In witness whereof, we have given this letter signed by our hand and strengthened by our seal. In Lviv, on the 16th day of June 1800. Kajetan, Archbishop [by his own hand] [Seal: round red wax seal, partially crumbled] A. Stocki, gremial canon of the Lviv metropolitan chapter [Annotation on the right margin:] 170. fr June 21, 1800

[Recto:] PIUS PP. VI. Ad perpetuam rei memoriam. 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 Metropolitanam Leopolien[sem] Dominica Octava post festum Solemnitatis Sacratissimi Corporis Christi vel in alio Anni die per Ordinarium designan[do] a primis vesperis usque ad occasum solis diei huiusmodi singulis Annis devote visitaverint, et ibi pro Christianorum Principum concordia, haeresum extirpatione, sanctaeque Matris Ecclesiae exaltatione pias ad Deum preces effuderint, quo die id praestiterint plenariam omnium peccatorum suorum Indulgentiam et remissionem misericorditer in Domino concedimus. In contrarium facien[tibus] non obstan[tibus] quibuscumque. Praesentibus perpetuis futuris temporibus valituris. Datum Romae apud S[anctam] Mariam Majorem sub Annulo Piscatoris die XXIV Ianuarii MDCCXCVII Pontificatus Nostri Anno Vigesimotertio. [Po prawej u dołu:] Pro D[omi]no Card[inali] Braschio de Honestis B. Mariscoltus [Verso:] [Adnotacja u góry:] Loc: 30. v. 1. Cajetanus Ignatius Gozdawa de Kithki Kicki Miseratione Divina Sedis Apostolicae Authoritate Archiepiscopus Metropolitanus Leopoliensis, Sacrae Caesareo Regiae et Apostolicae Majestatis Actualis Consiliarius. Notum sit omnibus, quia Nos intro contentas Litteras Apostolicas plenariam Indulgentiam in Ecclesia Nostra Metropolitana Leopoliensi lucrandi tam Dominica Octava post solemnitatem Sanctissimi Corporis Christi, quam alio die a Loci Ordinario determinando concedentes, utpote salvas, integras, et illaesas, admisimus, et easdem publicandi facultatem dedimus, simulque salva praefata Dominica Octava post solemnitatem Sanctissimi Corporis Christi, utpote a Sancta Sede ad lucrandam Indulgentiam plenariam praefixa, Diem quoque Nobis quae Loci Ordinario ad determinandum pro vice altera in Anno Plenaria Indulgentia in dicta Nostra Metropolitana Ecclesia lucranda concessus est, relictum, Festum Sanctorum Apostolorum Petri et Pauli praefigimus, determinamus, et declaramus. In quorum fidem praesentes Manu Nostra subscriptas et Sigillo Nostro munitas dedimus. Leopoli Die 16ta Junij 1800. Anno. Cajetanus archiep[iscop]us [manu propria] [Pieczęć: okrągła pieczęć z czerwonego laku, częściowo wykruszona] A. Stocki Canonicus Gremialis Metropolit[anus] Leopol[iensis] [Adnotacja na prawym marginesie:] 170. fr 21 Junij 1800