HISTORY - Pope Pius IX (Giovanni Maria Mastai Ferretti, Senigallia, 1792 - Rome, 1878) - Interesting

Pope Pius IX (Giovanni Maria Mastai Ferretti, Senigallia, 1792 - Rome, 1878)Interesting autograph letter signed, dated "13 8bre" [1839, as per note from another hand on the 4th], addressed to Canon Salvatore Pompei of Spoleto. Written at the time Ferretti held the position of the Bishop of Imola: "La ringrazio dell'avviso che mi da, ed ho già risposto a M.a Annunziata, togliendo tutti gli equivoci nati..." (he refers to Maria Annunziata Andreucci of Trevi, Founder of the Perpetual Adorers of the Sacred Hear). 1 p. In-8. Address, stamps and trace of seal on the 4th.