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Add MS 8557
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- 032-002029433
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- 032-002029433
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- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000045.0x000048
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PAPERS RELATING TO THE ECCLESIASTICAL CONTROVERSIES between the House of Savoy and the Papacy in the 1720s and early 1730s; 1719-1732. Italian and Latin. Copies, partly printed. Table of contents (ff. 1-2). Owned by Frederick North, 5th Earl of Guilford, but lacking his armorial bookplate. Purchased from R.H. Evans, 8 Dec. 1830, lot no. unknown.
Paper; ff. 359+i. Composite volume. Circa 275 x 196mm. Several Italian hands.
Contents as follows:
1. ff. 3-4v. Edict issued by Victor Amadeus II on the concordat agreed with Benedict XIII, dated 14 Jun.-5 July 1728; 1728. Italian Copy. Inc. 'Vittorio Amedeo per grazia di Dio Rè di Sardegna, di Cipro &c. Avendo noi sempre rivolta la nostra sollecitudine'.
2. ff. 5-14v. 'Oratio sanctissmi Domini nostri Clementis P.P. XII habita in consistoria secreto die 8 Januarii 1731', preceded by covering note from the papal Secretary of State Cardinal Marefoschi, dated from Palazzo Quirinale 15 Jan. 1731; 1731. Italian and Latin. Copy. Inc. 'Venerabiles fratres, tribulationes cordis nostri multiplicatae sunt'.
3. ff. 15-17v. 'Risposta del Re di Sardegna in data del primo Novembre 1730'; 1730. Italian. Copy. Inc. 'Le paterne espressioni, delle quali verso di noi è ripieno l'ultimo foglio della Santità vostra'.
4. ff. 18-19. 'Copia. 2 dicembre 1730. Minuta di propria pugno di Nostro Signore al Rè di Sardegna'; 1730. Italian. Copy. Inc. 'Clemens P.P. XII Charissime in Christo, fili noster salutem ... corrispondiamo all'ultima'.
5. ff. 20-23v. Letter from Carlo Emanuele III to Clement XII, dated from the 'Castello di Rivoli', 4 Sept. 1730, informing him of his father's abdication (inc. Beatissimo Padre, il Rè mio signore padre hà voluto dare interamente a Dio, e dal suo riposo quel restante di vita'), and reply from Clement XII, dated 23 September 1730 (inc. 'Charissime &c La risoluzione che ci avvisa Vostra Maestà aver presa il Re suo padre'); 1730. Italian. Copies.
6. ff. 24-25. Letter from the 'Segreteria dell'Immunità' to mons. Marefoschi 'Uditore', giving details of the Duke of Savoy's breaches of ecclesiastical immunity and asking him to raise the issue with the Pope, dated 6 Dec. 1721; 1721. Italian. Copy. Inc. 'Il Segretario dell'Immunità trasmette a V.S. Ill.ma le tre annesse posizioni'.
7. ff. 26-27v. On the interpretation of the 1728 concordat between the House of Savoy and the Papacy; after 1730. [S.l.]. [S.n.]. [S.d.]. 8o. 4 p. Latin. Printed. Inc. 'In materia concordatorum Sanctissimus ille pontifex Gregorius XIII. dicebat'.
8. ff. 28-29. 'Capitoli dell'accomodamento che si suppone seguito tra la corte di Roma, e quella di Torino', followed by a list of the bishops appointed by Victor Amadeus II, King of Sardinia; 1720s. Italian. Copy. Inc. '1. Vien dichiarato in primo luogo'.
9. f. 30-32. Reply from an unidentified cardinal commenting on the dispute over ecclesiastical appointments in Piedmont; n.d. Italian. Copy. Inc. 'Non si può negare che non sieno di sommo rilievo le pendenze che si anno con la corte di Savoia'.
10. ff. 33-34v. 'Oratio sanctissimi patri Clementis P.P. XII habita in consistorio secreto die 6 Augusti 1731'; 1731. Latin. Copy. Inc. 'Venerabiles fratres Post accurate matureque'.
11. ff. 35-38. Decree issued on Tues. 5 Feb. 1732 'hora 15 in Quirinale'; 1732. Latin. Copy. Inc. 'Sabaudiae. Essem in sensu'.
12. ff. 39-44. 'Oratio ... Clementis Papae XII habita in Consistorio secreto die 6a Augusti 1731' duplicate of art. 11, followed by 'Decretum consistoriale' and Papal briefs to Carlo Emanuele III and the Archbishop of Turin; 1731. Latin. Copy.
13. ff. 45-46v. 'Dalla Segreteria dell'Immunità 1o Febraio 1732', advance notice of a meeting of the 'Congregazione dell'Immunità' (on 5 Feb.) requesting the attendance of the unidentified recipient ('Vostra Eccellenza'); 1732. Italian. Copy.
14. ff. 47-53v. Memorandum from the 'Segreteria della Congregazione dell'Immunità', dated 4 Feb. 1732, circulating in advance of the meeting of the congregation on the next day summaries of the Piedmontese bishops' responses to the papal brief, followed by minutes of the cardinals' opinions at the meeting itself; 1732. Italian. Copy.
15. ff. 54-59v. Duplicate of art. 12 (Papal briefs to Carlo Emanuele III and the Archbishop of Turin and 'Decretum Consistoriale' ).
16. ff. 60-67v. Note together with 'alcuni fogli d'ordine di Nostro Signore' and a memorandum from the count De Gubernatis on the issues between the Papacy and Savoy sent from the 'Dateria' dated 10 July 1722 and addressed to an unidentified recipient for his consideration before a meeting of the congregation on the following Sunday; 1722. Italian. Copy.
17. ff. 68-69v. 'Foglio consegnato dal signor. conte Gubernatis al signor cardinale di S. Agnese [Giorgio Spinola] li 6 novembre 1722' and reply dated 24 Jan. 1723, on the question of vacant benefices in Piedmont; 1723. Italian Copy.
18. ff. 72-72v. Memorandum (from Gubernatis?) defending Victor Amadeus' rights on the basis on the indulgence granted by Nicholas V; 1723? Italian. Copy.
19. f. 73. Message, dated 8 Jan. 1723, from the Papal Secretary of State to the auditor 'di foro' informing him of the attendance of cardinals Corradini, Olivieri and Conti at a meeting later that day; 1723. Italian. Copy.
20. ff. 74-81v. 'Fogli dati dal signor conte De Gubernatis ... per giustificazione del [word illegible] fatto dal sig. cardinal Alessandro Albani in Vienna', on negotiations between Rome and Savoy in 1719; 1719. Italian. Copy.
21. ff. 81-90v. 'Raguaglio di quanto è succeduto sopra l'affare della provista delle chiese di Piemonte, da che il medesimo affare è stato nelle mani di mons.re Albani', an account of the negotiations between the Papacy and Savoy in 1719; 1719. Italian. Copy. See Add. 8555, art. 5 (n. 3o).
22. ff. 91-107v. Letter to Clement XII from Cardinal Marefoschi, dated 9 May 1731; 1731. Latin. Copy. Inc. 'Beatissime Pater. Quemadmodum Sanctita Vestra...'
23. f. 108. Notes on Clement XII's oration 'in Consistorio Secreto' on 6 August 1731 (see arts 11, 13); 1731. Latin. Copy.
24. ff. 109-123. Della sovranità del re di Sardegna ne' feudi ecclesiastici dell'Asteggiana. [Turin?]. [S.n.]. [1725?]. 2o. [2,] 27, [1] p. Italian. Printed. British Library copy: 5063.b.23(2).
25. ff. 124-138v. Della sovranità del Re di Sardegna ne' quatro castelli di S. Benigno, Lombardore, Flet, e Montanaro. [Turin?]. [S.n.]. [1725?]. 2o. [2], 28 p. Italian. Printed. British Library copy: 5063.b.24(2).
26. ff. 139-150v. Risposta alla seconda scrittura della corte di Roma sù la pendenza de feudi ecclesiastici dell'Asteggiana. [Turin?]. [S.n.]. [1725?]. 2o. 24 p. Italian. Printed. British Library copy: 5063.b.24(4).
27. ff. 151-156v. Praeceptum vigore chirographi sanctissimi. Rome. Ex Typographia Reverendae Camerae Apostolicae. 1730. 2o. 12 p. Italian. Printed.
28. ff. 157-160. Oratio Sanctissimi Domini nostri Clementis Papae XII habita in Consistorio Secreto die 8. Januarii 1731. Rome. Typographia Reverendae Camerae Apostolicae?. 1731. 4o. 7, 1 p. Latin and Italian. Printed.
29. ff. 161-167v. Draft of a commentary addressed to the Pope on the agreement signed in 1727 between Cardinal Fini and the Marchese d'Ormea, concluding that it does not have legal status as a full concordat; after 1730. Italian. Copy. Inc. 'Beatissimo Padre. Per dare un adeguato giudizio sopra li fogli sottoscritti li 24 maggio 1727'.
30. ff. 168-171. Duplicate of art. 28.
31. ff. 172-181. Commentary addressed to the Pope on the legal status of previous documents in the dispute between the Papacy and the House of Savoy; after 1730. Latin. Copy. Inc. 'Quoniam Beatissime pater exemplo tuorum praedecessorum'.
32. ff. 182-202v. 'Ristretto delle ragioni della sede apostolica sopra l'isola, e reame di Sardegna', an historical account justifying the Papacy's prerogatives over the kingdom of Sardinia, with a genealogical tree of the House of Savoy; 1720s. Italian Copy. Inc. 'Ludovico Imperatore, che per la sua religione, e pietà fu detto il Pio, donò espressamente alla Santa Sede Apostolica'.
33. ff. 203-204v. 'Allocutio habita a ssanctissim Domin nostro Benedicto PP. XIII in concistorio secreto die ... decembris 1726, on Papal prerogatives over the Kingdom of Sardinia; 1726. Latin. Copy. Inc. 'In Regno Sardiniae, quod sub proprietate et directo dominio huius S. Sedis esse'.
34. ff. 205-206v. Brief from Benedict XIII to Victor Amadeus II, dated 25 Oct. 1726, on the Papacy's rights over the Sardinian crown; 1726. Latin. Copy. Inc. 'Cum nonnulli Romani Pontifices predecessores nostri'.
35. ff. 207-215. Summaries and a memorandum of 'congregationes particolares' held from June 1723 to Feb. 1724, on the question of ecclesiastical appointments in Piedmont; 1724. Italian. Copies.
36. ff. 216-218. Document, with a covering note from Count Gubernatis to the Cardinal di S. Agnese, the Papal Secretary of State, dated 2 June 1723, on the concessions granted to Piedmont in the indulgence of Gregory V, asking him to inform the Pope of its contents; 1723. Italian. Copy. Inc. 'Alle difficoltà, che si ricavano quivi dal breve d'indulto'.
37. f. 219. Note of a 'congregatione particolare' held on 25 June 1723. Italian. Copy.
38. f. 220. Genealogical tree of the Kings of Sardinia; 1720s. Italian. Copy.
39. ff. 221v-225v. 'Foglio per la Congregatione deputata da nostro Signore da tenersi venerdi prossimo 9 del corrente aprile 1723...'; 1723. Italian. Copy. Inc. 'Nei tre arcivescovadi, che sono nell'isola di Sardegna'.
40. ff. 226-228. 'Del dominio diretto della Sede Apostolica sopra l'Isola di Sardegna'; n.d. Italian. Copy. Inc. 'Poiché le notitie raccolte'.
41. ff. 229-230. 'Ristretto istorico legale intorno al diretto dominio della Sede Apostolica sopra l'Isola della Sicilia'; n.d. Italian. Copy . Inc. 'Avviene per ordinario nelle ricerche dei passati secoli'.
42. ff. 231-255v. Three documents on the question of ecclesiastical immunity in the kingdom of Savoy; n.d. (a) ff. 231-244 and (b) ff. 245-248, accounts of infractions of ecclesiastical immunity in Savoy, inc. 'Le lesioni, e pregiudiziij apportati all'immunità'; - (c) ff. 249-255v, memorandum from Count Gubernatis to the Pope, inc. 'Il Signor Conte Gubernatis presentò à Nostro Signore un memoriale del seguente tenore'. Italian. Copy. See Add. 8555, art. 9.
43. ff. 256-276. 'Informazione di Monsignor Pier Girolamo Guglielmi sopra il sistema del presente governo della corte di Torino', account of a visit to Piedmont; n.d. Italian. Copy. Inc. 'Ad oggetto, che possa formarsi una giusta idea del sistema', expl. 'per umiliarle col mezzo di vostra Eminenza à piedi santissimi di nostro Signore'.
44. ff. 277-304v. 'Progetto di accomodamento sopra le controversie , che vertono tra la S. Sede, e la Maestà del Ré di Sardegna in ordine all'immunità e libertà ecclesiastica'; n.d. See Add. 8555, art. 2.
45. ff. 305-315v. As Add. 8555, art. 2 (omitting 'g').
46. ff. 316-351v. Account of the Papacy's claims over the island of Sicily, in five chapters, written by an unnamed emissary; n.d. Italian. Copy. Inc. 'Capitolo primo. Delle donationi dell'Isola della Sicilia fatte alla Sede Apostolica', expl. 'ed alla sovrana intelligenza di chi governa'.
47. ff. 352-359. Account of the Papacy's rights of ecclesiastical appointment in Sardinia; 1720s. Italian. Copy. Inc. 'Essendo entrato in l'unione del Regno di Sardegna', expl. 'de Iure pat. parte prima lib. 4 cap. 9. n. 10'.
- Scope & Content:
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Piedmont: Clement XII; Pope: Sardinia, King of. Victor Amadeus I: Sardinia, King of. Charles Emmanuel I: Papers rel. to ecclesiastical affairs in Piedmont: 1719-1732: Ital. and Lat: Copies, partly printed.
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- Languages:
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Italian
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- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1719
- End Date:
- 1732
- Date Range:
- 1719-1732
- Era:
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Robert Harding Evans, bookseller: Purchased from (lot no. unknown), 8 Dec. 1830.
Frederick North, 5th Earl of Guilford: Owned, bef. 1828.
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- Names:
- Charles Emmanuel I, of Sardinia
Charles Emmanuel III, Duke of Savoy, King of Sardinia, 1701-1773,
see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000061253627,
see also http://viaf.org/viaf/62350529
Clement XII, Pope
Evans, Robert Harding, bookseller and auctioneer, 1777-1857
North, Frederick, 5th Earl of Guilford, politician and colonial administrator, 1766-1827,
see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000034584770
Victor Amadeus I, King of Sardinia
Victor Amadeus II, of Savoy