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MOST BLESSED FATHER,
In order to promote thereby the piety of the faithful in England, Ambrose St. John, Priest of the Oratory of St. Philip Neri, in the Diocese of Birmingham, humbly prays for permission to print in English a translation of the book entitled Raccolta di Orazioni &c. alle quali sono annesse le SS. Indulgenze, having first obtained the approbation of his Eminence the Cardinal Archbishop of Westminster; and also that the faithful who make use of this translation may gain all the Indulgences annexed to the original.
After an audience of the Holy Father, granted February 3, 1856, our most Holy Lord Pius IX., by Divine Providence Pope, on an application made by me, the undersigned Secretary of the Sacred Congregation for the Propagation of the Faith, has of his goodness answered by Rescript in favour of the grace, according to the terms of the petition, provided the translation be made from the last Roman edition, and it being understood that the Decree printed at the end of this edition remains in full force.
Given at Rome from the House of the same Sacred Congregation, on the day and year aforesaid.
Gratis, without any payment on any plea whatever.
AL. BARNABÒ, Secretary.
In the place of ✠ the seal.
We approve of the Translation by virtue of the above Rescript of His Holiness.
Westminster, Oct. 23, 1857.
N. CARDINAL ARCHBISHOP.
