Legatine Indult of Cardinal Pierre de Thury for Geoffrey II, Lord of Lirey (before 19 June 1389)
Legatine Indult of Cardinal Pierre de Thury for Geoffrey II, Lord of Lirey
Before June 19, 1389
Known from Pope Clement VII’s letter of July 28, 1389, which ratifies the indult.
Cardinal Pierre de Thury, acting as papal legate, grants Geoffrey II written permission to reinstall and publicly display at Lirey a figure or representation of the Shroud of Christ, without seeking authorization from the diocesan bishop.
The original indult does not appear to survive in an accessible copy, but its existence and substance are known from Pope Clement VII’s later letter of July 28, 1389, which explicitly refers to the legate’s earlier letters and formally ratifies them.
The indult text itself is lost and is known by reference in Clement VII’s letter of July 28, 1389.
Sources & References
- Pope Clement VII, letter to Geoffrey II of Lirey, 28 July 1389 (Vatican Archive, Registra Avenionensia 258, folio 468v), describing and ratifying the earlier legatine indult.
- Translated by Jason Colavito from Ulysse Chevalier, Autour des Origines du Suaire de Lirey (Paris: Alfonse Picard et Fils, 1903), 31-33. View source →