Oath of fidelity to Pope Pius IX by the Provost of Lviv, Karol Mosing

Oath of fidelity [In the upper left corner, a floral vignette] [In the upper right corner:] Aloysius Testuggini, witness I, Karol Mosing, Provost of the Metropolitan Church of Lviv, from this hour forward will be faithful and obedient to blessed Peter and the holy apostolic Roman Church, and to Our Lord, Lord Pius, the ninth Pope, and his canonically succeeding successors. I will not participate in any counsel, agreement, arrangement, or act that would cause them to lose life or limb, or that would be directed against the person of any of them, whether externally or to the detriment or violation of the authority, honor, privileges, rights of the Church and their Apostolic See, or of apostolic statutes, ordinances, or commands; and if I learn that anyone is planning anything of the sort, I will prevent it as far as I am able, and as quickly as I can, I will notify this Our Lord or someone else through whom this message may reach His knowledge. The counsel that they entrust to me personally, through envoys, or through letters, I will not reveal to anyone to their detriment with my knowledge. I will be their helper in preserving and defending the Roman papacy and the royal rights (regalia) of Saint Peter against every man. The authority, honor, privileges, and rights of the holy Roman Church of Our Lord the Pope and the aforementioned successors, as far as is in my power, I will rather increase and support. I will strive to observe and abide by statutes, ordinances, reservations, dispositions, and commands of this kind. I will receive the legates of the Apostolic See on their journey and return with honor and support them in their needs. I will not sell, give away, pledge, re-grant as a fief, or in any way alienate the estates belonging to my dignity, even with the consent of the chapter of the aforementioned metropolitan church, without seeking the counsel of the Roman Bishop; and I will observe the constitution prohibiting the investiture of benefices of jurisdiction otherwise belonging to churches, promulgated in the year of our Lord one thousand six hundred and twenty-five. So help me God and these Holy Gospels of God. [Official notes at the bottom left:] Gratis [Gratis] [...] [Signatures at the bottom:] C. J. Testa, substitute [?] [Next to it, an ornate floral monogram and signature:] Ponza de Leon [Verso:] [On the reverse, inverted inscription:] Oath of fidelity [and a floral vignette] [Blue pencil:] 10 [Archival sticker:] D. XXIV / N. 14 / [stamp:] 1891 [Seal:] [Lead papal bull on a linen cord:] [Obverse:] Heads of St. Peter and St. Paul separated by a cross, above the letters: ST. PAUL ST. PETER [Reverse:] PIUS / POPE / IX

Forma Juramenti [W lewym górnym rogu winieta florystyczna] [W prawym górnym rogu:] Aloysius Testuggini testis Ego Carolus Mosing Praepositus Metropolitanae Ecclesiae Leopoldien[sis] ab hac hora in antea fidelis et obediens ero beato Petro sanctaeque apostolicae Romanae Ecclesiae et Domino Nostro D[omi]no Pio Papae Nono suisque successoribus canonice intrantibus. Non ero in consilio consensu tractatu vel facto ut vitam perdant aut membrum seu quod contra alicujus eorum personas vel in externum aut Ecclesiae ipsorumque sedis apostolicae auctoritatis honoris privilegiorum jurium vel aplicorum [= apostolicorum] statutorum ordinationum sive mandatorum derogationem vel praejudicium machinationes aut contrarietates fiant et si a quovis aliquid tractari scivero id pro posse ne fiat impediam et quanto citius potero eisdem D[omi]no Nostro vel alteri per quem ad ipsius notitiam pervenire possit significabo. Consilium vero quod mihi credituri sunt per se vel nuntios seu litteras ad eorum damnum me sciente nemini pandam. Papatum Romanum et regalia Sancti Petri adjutor eis ero ad retinendum et defendendum contra omnem hominem. Auctoritatem honorem privilegia et jura sanctae Romanae Ecclesiae Domini Nostri Papae et successorum praedictorum quantum in me fuerit potius augere et promovere. Statuta ordinationes reservationes dispositiones et mandata hujusmodi observare ac eis inhaerere curabo. Legatos apostolicae sedis in eundo et redeundo honorifice tractabo et in suis necessitatibus adjuvabo. Possessiones autem ad dignitatem meam pertinentes non vendam neque donabo neque impignorabo neque de novo infeudabo vel aliquo modo alienabo etiam cum consensu Capituli d[ic]tae Metropolitanae Ecclesiae inconsulto Romano Pontifice et constitutum super prohibitione investiturarum beneficiorum jurisdictionis aliunde ad Ecclesias spectantium de anno Domini millesimo sexcentesimo vigesimo quinto editam servabo. Sic me Deus adjuvet et haec Sancta Dei evangelia. [Dopiski urzędowe u dołu po lewej:] Grat[is] [...] [Podpisy u dołu:] C. J. Testa s[ubstitutus?] [Obok ozdobny monogram florystyczny oraz podpis:] Ponza de Leon [Verso:] [Na odwrocie odwrócony napis:] Forma Juramenti [oraz winieta florystyczna] [Niebieski ołówek:] 10 [Nalepka archiwalna:] D. XXIV / N. 14 / [pieczątka:] 1891 [Pieczęć:] [Ołowiana bulla papieska na sznurze lnianym:] [Awers:] Głowy św. Piotra i św. Pawła przedzielone krzyżem, powyżej litery: S[ANCTVS] PA[VLVS] S[ANCTVS] PE[TRVS] [Rewers:] PIVS / PAPA / IX