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Charles Joseph Marchiandi of Saint Gertrude357 (1)

San Angelo February 20, 1755

Paul of the Cross, General Superior of the Congregation of the Discalced Clerics of the Passion of our Lord Jesus Christ, To Our Charles Joseph of Saint Gertrude, a.k.a. Marchiandi, Professed Cleric of this Congregation, Greetings: Since from the dimissorial letters of Joseph Philip Felissani, of Asti, which is your of origin, you have been granted the of going to any Catholic bishop who is in communion with the Holy See so that you may be promoted by that same bishop to all the orders at the times allowed by the law, without observing the interstices, as long as you are found qualified to receive them; we, to whom your fittingness is clear, and since you already possess the other orders, so that you may be brought into the Order of Priest- hood, testifying and asserting with the word of truth that you are not bound by any impediment, you have exercised your diaconate, you are competent in both knowledge and age, you are endowed with religious morals, and you have made your retreat, we most willingly grant our permission that you may proceed to holy ordination. Therefore, with careful prayers we humbly ask the Most Reverend Philip Mornati, bishop of Nepi and Sutri, that out of his kindness and goodwill toward our Congregation he would receive you with respect and kindly fulfill your request. You will always be found to offer him continual thanks in the Lord for the great grace granted you. In testimony of this we have signed this document with our hand and added the seal of our Congregation. Enacted at our solitary house of Saint Michael the Archangel in the territory of Vetralla on this twentieth day of February, 1755. Paul of the Cross, General Ignatius of the Most Holy Name of Jesus, Interim Secretary

______357. This is the Latin dimissorial letter for his ordination to the priesthood. Marchiandi was born in 1730/1731, professed 1749, ordained 1755. He is mentioned in several of Paul’s letters. He was a great missionary, superior many times, including general . In 1774 he left the Congregation, returning to his home diocese.

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