Lot 44
Leo X (Pope) Papal bull addressed to the archbishop of Santiago di Compostella, the bishop of Zamora and the treasurer of Zamora cathedral, ordering an investigation into the claims of Alonso Pimentel, Count of Benavente to rights of ecclesiastical presentation in the diocese of Astorga, Spain, manuscript on vellum, lead bulla of Leo X attached on cords, Rome, 1514.
Hammer Price: £2,200
Description
Leo X (Pope, born Giovanni di Lorenzo de' Medici, 1475-1521) Papal bull addressed to the archbishop of Santiago di Compostella, the bishop of Zamora and the treasurer of Zamora cathedral, ordering an investigation into the claims of Alonso Pimentel, Count of Benavente to rights of ecclesiastical presentation in the diocese of Astorga, Spain, manuscript on vellum, 1 page, 21 lines, lead bulla of Leo X attached on cords, in fine condition, 370 x 235mm., Rome, St. Peter's, 6th February 1514.
⁂ Pope Leo X, born Giovanni de' Medici, is remembered in particular for his excommunication of Martin Luther. Alonso Pimentel y Pacheco (d.1530), count of Benavente, was one of the most powerful Castilian noblemen of the early sixteenth century.
Description
Leo X (Pope, born Giovanni di Lorenzo de' Medici, 1475-1521) Papal bull addressed to the archbishop of Santiago di Compostella, the bishop of Zamora and the treasurer of Zamora cathedral, ordering an investigation into the claims of Alonso Pimentel, Count of Benavente to rights of ecclesiastical presentation in the diocese of Astorga, Spain, manuscript on vellum, 1 page, 21 lines, lead bulla of Leo X attached on cords, in fine condition, 370 x 235mm., Rome, St. Peter's, 6th February 1514.
⁂ Pope Leo X, born Giovanni de' Medici, is remembered in particular for his excommunication of Martin Luther. Alonso Pimentel y Pacheco (d.1530), count of Benavente, was one of the most powerful Castilian noblemen of the early sixteenth century.
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