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Papal Brief to Bishop Fessler.
may receive a rich reward for your deference to Our authority and devotion towards Ourselves. …'
(Signed by the Pope's own hand.)
Note.—The fact of the Brief and its signature is derived from M. Anton. Erdinger, director of the Episcopal Seminary at St. Polten, author of the Life of Bishop Fessler, who sent a copy of it to M. Cosquin of the Français. to whom I am indebted for these important notices. The Pope's Brief is not given entire, as the remainder of it has reference solely to local diocesan affairs.
