Innocent XI, Pope (i. e. Benedetto Odescalchi, 1611-1689). Papal bull.

Rome, "Non[is] Aprilis", i. e. 5 May 1685.

Oblong 4to (295 x 225 mm). Latin manuscript on vellum. With Innocent's lead bulla attached on a hemp cord. Together with a bull from 15 April 1677 (without its seal). Oblong folio (395 x 297 mm).

€ 7,500.00

Dispensation of consanguinity to the 4th degree for the marriage of a Jean Pelé and Marguerite Courtois addressed to the bishop of Dol. Beautiful document with two initials on the plica and six initals of the first line issued in the ninth year of Innocent's pontificate (1676-89).

The larger second bull from the second year of Innocent's pontificate is a dispensation of consanguinity to the 3rd degree for the marriage of a Jean-Baptiste Logerot in Paris and Anne Gontier in Reims with two initials (verso) and five initials of the first line.

Both countersigned by members of the Apostolic Chancery and summarized in Latin (verso). The bull from 1685 with traces of folds, stronger browning, minor abrasions and a restored tear to the fold. The bull from 1677 with traces of folds and stronger abrasions.

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