POPE BENEDICT XIII ORIGINAL PAPAL BREVE ON VELLUM (VINCENT MARIA ORSINI) - 1729

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POPE BENEDICT XIII (VINCENT MARIA ORSINI)
ORIGINAL PAPAL BULL BREVE ON VELLUM
" - Handwritten
Document Signed
on
7 May 1729
Size: 18" x 11.4" (46 cm x 29 cm), Signed and Sealed
Born
Pietro Francesco Orsini
, was Pope from 29 May
1724 to his death in 1730
. He took the name of
Vincenzo Maria Orsini
, when he became a Dominican friar.
In the process towards sainthood, his cause for canonization opened in 1755, but it was soon closed. It was re-opened on 21 February 1931, but it was closed once again in 1940. It was opened once more on 17 January 2004, with the official process commencing in 2012. He now has the posthumous title of Servant of God