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[MANUSCRITO - BREVE PAPAL]. ALEXANDER PP. VII. Roma. 1663. - [MANUSCRITO - BREVE PAPAL] ALEXANDER PP. VII . Breve do Papa Alexandre VII, «Ad perpetuam rei memoriam», concedendo indulgências à Confraria da Igreja de Santo André de Riodouro, arcebispado de Braga. Cópia coeva sobre pergaminho. Roma, junto a Santa Maria Maior, 20 de Fevereiro de 1663. Roma, 1663. manuscrito sobre pergaminho; 1 ff. (bi-fólio aberto); 265x440 mm. Contemporary copy of a brief from Pope Alexander VII (Fabio Chigi, 1599-1667), dated Rome, near Santa Maria Maggiore, February 20, 1663, granting indulgences to the confraternity canonically erected in the Church of Santo André de Riodouro, parish of the archdiocese of Braga, in the municipality of Cabeceiras de Basto. The document opens with the characteristic formula of papal briefs granting indulgences: ”Alexander PP. VII. Ad perpetuam rei memoriam”. The text, in Latin, elaborates on the conditions for obtaining indulgences by the members and associates of the said confraternity – confession, communion, visit to a church or chapel, prayer for the intentions of the Holy See – and establishes the spiritual graces granted, including plenary indulgence in certain circumstances and partial indulgences of forty days for various acts of piety. The document also includes clauses relating to the preaching of indulgences, their communication to other affiliated archconfraternities, and provisions on the validity of the brief. It is signed by ”St. Ugolino” with rubric. A document of great interest for the history of brotherhoods and popular devotion in Northern Portugal in the 17th century. Extremely rare. ⚑ Auto-translated via Google Translate