Papal brief of Pius IX extending the privilege of pontificals for the Metropolitan Chapter of Lviv

PIUS POPE IX FOR AN EVERLASTING REMEMBRANCE. A request has been addressed to Us on behalf of the Archbishop of Lviv, that We might, out of Our benevolence, extend the privilege of pontifical insignia—which the late Pope Gregory XVI, Our Predecessor, granted to both dignities of his Metropolitan Chapter, namely the provost and the dean, by his apostolic letters issued under the Ring of the Fisherman on September 3, 1841, for only three times a year—so that they themselves might use these same pontifical insignia more frequently, yet according to the discretion of their Shepherd. We, knowing that this will contribute to the greater glory of God and the increase of the piety of the faithful, have deemed it right to graciously accede to such requests. Therefore, releasing and considering as released—solely for the sake of this matter—all and each of those to whom this Our letter is favorable, from all excommunications, interdicts, and other ecclesiastical censures, sentences, and penalties, imposed in any way and for any cause, should they have perchance fallen into them, by Our apostolic authority and by the power of this letter, We permit and grant the grace for this and future times, that the Provost and Dean of the Metropolitan Chapter of Lviv, as often as the archbishop deems it appropriate, may and shall have the power to freely and lawfully use pontificals. We grant this, however, and bestow this grace while maintaining the other conditions attached to the previous grant of Our aforementioned Predecessor, and notwithstanding any contrary circumstances, even those deserving of special and individual mention and repeal. Given in Rome at St. Peter's under the Ring of the Fisherman on May 27, 1856, in the tenth year of Our Pontificate. [On the right below the text:] For Cardinal Macchi Giovanni Battista Brancaleoni Castellani [deputy?] [On the left below the text, an annotation with approval:] No. 1748. We have seen and grant Our approval. Lviv, September 10, 1856. Łukasz, Metropolitan Archbishop of Lviv of the Latin rite. [Beside, ink/wax seal of the Archbishop of Lviv] [Verso:] [At the top left, annotation of the imperial agent:] Rome, July 12, 1856. Agent to the Holy See for ecclesiastical affairs of the Austrian Empire. [Signature illegible] [Beside, oval ink seal of the Imperial-Royal office] [In the bottom right corner, tax annotation of the papal chancery:] Costs: Twenty-eight calculated francs, excluding banking and dispatch fees of the Companion

PIUS PP. IX AD PERPETUAM REI MEMORIAM. Supplicatum Nobis est nomine Archiepiscopi Leopoliensis ut privilegium pontificalium insignium, quod tribus tantum infra annum vicibus fel[icis] rec[ordationis] Gregorius PP. XVI. Praedecessor Noster suis litteris ap[osto]licis sub annulo piscatoris die III. Septembris Anno MDCCCXLI. datis utrique dignitati sui Metropolitani Capituli, Praeposito nempe et decano concessit, ita de Nostra indulgentia extendamus, ut ipsi iisdem pontificalibus insignibus saepius ad libitum tamen sui Antistitis uti queant. Nos porro quum id in majorem Dei laudem et fidelium pietatis augmentum cessurum noverimus, hujusmodi supplicationibus aequo animo obsecundandum existimavimus. Quare omnes et singulos quibus hae Nostrae litterae favent, a quibusvis excommunicationis et interdicti aliisque ecclesiasticis censuris sententiis et poenis quovis modo vel quavis de causa latis si quas forte incurrerint hujus tantum rei gratia absolventes, et absolutos fore censentes, auctoritate Nostra ap[osto]lica tenore pr[ae]sentium hoc futurisque temporibus concedimus, atque indulgemus, ut Praepositus et Decanus Metropolitani Capituli Leopoliensis, quoties archiepiscopus id opportunum duxerit pontificalibus uti libere ac licite possint, et valeant. Id tamen concedimus et indulgemus servatis reliquis conditionibus priori memorati Decessoris Nostri concessioni adjectis et non obstantibus in contrarium facientibus etiam speciali atque individua mentione ac derogatione dignis quibuscumque. Datum Romae apud S. Petrum sub annulo Piscatoris die XXVII. Maii MDCCCLVI. Pontificatus Nostri Anno Decimo. [Po prawej pod tekstem:] Pro D[omi]no Cardinali Macchi Jo[annes] B[aptista] Brancaleoni Castellani [subst.?] [Po lewej pod tekstem adnotacja z zatwierdzeniem:] N.ro 1748. Vidimus, assensumque Nostrum tribuimus. Leopoli die 10. Septembris 1856. Lucas Archiep[iscop]us Metrop[olita] Leopol[iensis] r[itus] l[atini]. [Obok pieczęć tuszowa/lakowa arcybiskupa lwowskiego] [Verso:] [U góry po lewej adnotacja agenta cesarskiego:] Romae die 12 Julii 1856 Agens apud S[anctam] Sedem pro neg[o]tiis ecclesiasticis Austriaci Imperii. [Podpis nieczytelny] [Obok owalna pieczęć tuszowa cesarsko-królewska] [W prawym dolnym rogu adnotacja taksowa kancelarii papieskiej:] Expensae Fr[anci] num[erati] vigintiocto absque Argentariis, et expeditione Socii