60608-19 - PIUS XI

PIUS XI

$450.00
60608-19

AMBROGIO DAMIANI ACHILLE RATI (1857 - 1939), Pope (1922-1939), signed the Laternan Treaty with Mussolini in 1929 establishing Vatican City, later denounced anti-Semitism, Communism and Nazism in encyclicals. Extraordinarily attractive hand-painted and calligraphied D.S. "Pius PP XI" as Pope, 1p. 18" x 26", Vatican City, July 3, 1931, a papal blessing rendered unto one Dr. Jon Carry of St. Patrick's Church in Lowell, Mass. At center is a hand-colored portrait of the Pope, and blind-embossed seal at bottom. Photograph is detached a bit, requiring re-affixing to document, else very good condition.