1814. (PIUS IX) (1792 -1878) Pope whose leadership of the church saw much tumult, including his flight to Gaeta after the 1848 Insurrection and loss of a great part of the papal dominions. D.S. signed with round red Papal seal, 1p. folio, Rome, Sep. 19, 1851, a dispensation allowing a marriage in the diocese of Naples, despite the "consanguinity" (close family relationship) of the couple. With red Papal seal showing St. Peter fishing from a boat. Margins a bit soiled, else very good. $150-20