40 days of indulgence for the promotion of the construction of Franciscan monasteries in the Provinces of Germany and Saxony Innocentius IV. Dad. Bulla indulgentiarum - Litterae Apostolicae sub plumbo. Papal indulgence bull. Latin manuscript on parchment. 1 pp. to 1 Bl. Font space: 17,5 x 30 cm. Format: 31.5 x 33.5 cm (incl. plastica). With large springwork initials "I" and 5 other decorative initials as well as embossed brood tube attached to yellow-red thread diameter 3.9 cm. Lyon 19. ==References== One of the extremely rare, completely intact letters of indulgence by Pope Innocent IV (1195-1254), who held the Pontificate from 1243 to 1254 and resided in Lyon in the fourth year of his term. In 1244 he fled from the Staufer Emperor Frederick II where he held the First Council of Lyon in the following year in 1245. ==References====External links== On December 12, 1246, the formula of the Eschatokoll states: "Date Lugduni, quartodecimo kalendas Ianuarii, pontificatus nostri anno quarto." The equally remarkably well preserved heavy bulwark shows the heads of the apostles Peter and Paul, separated by a cross and above it the abbreviation "SPAPE" (Sanctus Paulus, Sanctus Peter). Here, too, the iconography corresponds to the usual tradition that Paul shows as a bald head with beard and Peter with curls and rassebart. On the Reversal the name of the reigning Pope in Versalien "INNOCENTIUS PP IIII". The content is also historically interesting, since the indulgence is granted in direct connection with the construction of new Franciscan monasteries in Germany and Saxony. Francis of Assisi (1181-1226) founded the Order of the Minor Brothers (Fratres Minores) as a Order of Reform and Preachers in 1210, which subsequently spread at high speed in Europe, but also in Germany, so that the brothers already needed 1246 stable monasteries, novitiates and above all large churches to capture the huge crowds who heard their sermons. The Commission's position was as follows: This testifies to the Indulgence certificate: "Innocentius episcopus servus servorum dei. Universis christi fidelibus presents litteras inspecturis salute et apostolicam benedictionem. Quoniam ut ait apostola omnes falubimus ante tribunal episcopi recepturi pout in corpore gessimus sive bonum furit sive malum. oportet nos diem messionis extreme misericordie operibus prevenire ac eternorum intuetu seminars in terris quod reddente domino cum multiplicato fructu recolligere debemus in coelis [...]. Sane, dilecti filii ministri et fratres ordinis fratrum minorum Alemanniae et Saxoniae ibidem, sicut accepimus, ecclesias cum aliis aedificiis suis usibus opportunis ceperunt construere, in qua divinis possint laudibus deservire. Cum itaque pro huiusmodi aedificiis consum[m]andis ac etiam pro sustentatione art[a]e vit[a)e ipsorum indigeant fidelium iuvari subsidiis qui propter Christum extremae ferunt sarcinam paupertatis, universitatem vestram rogamus et hortamur in Domino, in remissionem vobis peccaminum iniungentes, quatenus eis pias elemosinas et grata caritatis subsidia erogetis, ut per subsidyem vestram aedificia huiusmodi consummari valeant et aliter eorum indigentiae providere. Ut vos per haec et alia bona, quae, Domino inspirante, feceritis, ad aeternae possitis felicitatis gaudia pervenire. Nos enim, de omnipotentis dei misericordia et beatorum Petri et Pauli, apostolorum eius, auctoritate confisi, omnibus vere paenitentibus et confesis, qui eismem pro dictorum consummatione aedificiis vel pro ipsorum necessitatibus relevandis manum porrexerint adiutricem, quadraginta dies de iniuncta sibi paenitencia misericorditer relaxamus. Date Lugduni, xiiij kalendas Ianuarii, pontificatus nostri anno quarto.' "Innocent, bishop, servant of the servants of God. To all the faithful of Christ who will read these lines be granted health and apostolic blessing. For, as the Apostle says, we will all appear before the bishop's judgment seat in order to receive retribution for what we have done in life, whether good or evil. It is our duty, through our actions, to prepare us for the day of the Lord's mercy and to sow on earth for eternity what, when returned to the Lord, will bear abundant fruit. In fact, dear sons, the Brothers and Brothers of the Order of the Minor Brothers in Germany and Saxony, as we have learned, have begun to build churches and other buildings for their own purposes, in which they can perform the divine service. Since the faithful, who bear the heavy burden of poverty for Christ's sake, need help to complete such buildings and also to make their living, we ask and exhort you in the name of the Lord as a duty imposed by God to give them pious alms and gracious help in charity, ask and admonish your fellowship in the Lord and lay it down. as forgiveness of sins, that you grant them pious alms and gracious help out of charity, so that through your support such buildings may be completed and their other needs met. That through these and other good works, which you, inspired by the Lord, may accomplish, you may attain the joys of eternal happiness. Indeed, we forego, in trust in the mercy of Almighty God and in the authority of his holy apostles Peter and Paul, all truly repentant and confessors, who give them a helping hand for the completion of the said buildings or for the relief of their needs, merciful forty days of penance imposed upon them. "Gived to Lyon, on the fourteenth day before the end of January, in the fourth year of our pontificate."