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30 - Papal Bull of Pope Innocent XI: Innocent, Bishop, servant of…
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Papal Bull of Pope Innocent XI: Innocent, Bishop, servant of the servants of God, to his beloved son, the Archbishop of Besançon, greetings and apostolic blessing. The Pope grants a dispensation from consanguinity in the third and fourth spiritual degrees to Pierre Hyppolite du Moulin de Vaux and Anne Nicolette de Saint-Moris. Rome, the 7th of the Ides of March, 1687. A handwritten parchment sheet (32 x 23 cm) written in Latin, in brown ink (perfectly legible) over 15 lines, bearing its lead seal on hemp cords, numerous signatures and initials. The seal was stamped on a small lead disc bearing the effigy of Innocent XI. Innocent XI, born Benedetto Odescalchi in Como in 1611, died in 1689, and was Pope from 1676 to 1689.
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About the sale Bibliothèque franc-comtoise de M. le Docteur Philippe Clère (6th sale).
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Auction time 09/24/2026 at 2:00 PM
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