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PIUS XI, Pope 1922-1939 [Ambrogio Damiano Achille Ratti (1857-1939)]. Document on vellum, Rome, 4 February 1933, informing them of the choice of Domenico Della Vedova as bishop of Tiburtina, in Latin, 13 lines, 280 x 460mm, countersignatures including that of the future POPE PIUS XIII as Cardinal ('E. Card. Pacelli a Secretis Status'), (worn at upper and lower margins, torn at vertical fold), papal bull in lead on yellow and white cords; [with] a document of the college of the Camera Apostolica (the papal treasury), a series of receipts with signatures on a single membrane, vellum, n.d. [17th/18th Century] (losses to margins and a few to folds with minor loss of text, ink faded, creased), seal case attached by a cord (lacking seal). (2)
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