Urbanus, etc., venerabili fratri episcopo Sodorensi salutem, etc. Intenta salutis operibus apostolicæ sedis benignitas circumspecta (votis) " illorum qui divna præventi gratia augmentum cultus divini nominis intentis desideriis affectantes ad id eorum opem et operam impendere cuplunt, libenter apostolicum impertitur as sensum eaque favoribus prosequitur gratiosis.b Sane petitio pro parte dilectorum filiorum prioris provincialis et fratrum ordinis minorum provinciæ Hibernioe sed in' morem dicti ordinis ac dilecti filii nobilis viri Guillelmi de Monte acuto comitis Saresbiriensis petitio continebat, quod in dioecesi Sodorensi nullus locus ad (usum) d ordinis minoruin fore dinoscitur, quodque idem Comes de salute propria cogitans, ac e cuplens terrena in cælestia, et transitoria in æternd felici commercio commutare, ad omnipoten-tem' del laudem et gloriam, ac pro suæ et alioruxn Christi fidelium animarum salute, unum locum ad opus et usum dictorum fratrum in villa b sancte (sic) Columbæ in Insuld Manniæ dictæ dioecesis cujus idem Comes dominus existit consistente assignare proponit. Quare pro parte dictorum prioris et fratrum ac comitis' nobis fuit humiliter supplicatum, ut ipsis priori et frdtribus recipiendi locum hujusmodi et in eo construendi sen ædificandi ecclesiam seu ora-torium cum campanili campana ccemeterio domibus et allis neces-sariis oflicinis licentiam concedere de benignitate apostolica dignaremur. Nos itaque hujusmodi supplicationibus inclinati fraternitati tuæ per apostolica scripta mandamus quatenus, si est ita, eisdem priori et fratribus recipiendi locum hujusmodi si sit congruns et honestus et ibidem ædificandi seu construendi ec-clesiam sen oratorium cum campanili campana ccemeterio domibus et allis necessariis 'officinis prædictis, dummodo duodecim fratres dicti ordinis in loco ipso degentes pro tempore ibidem congrue et honeste sustentari valeant, jure tamen paroehialis ecclesim et cujuslibet alterius in omnibus semper salvo, constitutione felicis recordationis Bonifacii papm VIII. prmdecessoris nostri prohibente ne religiosi ordinisa mendicantium loca de novo recipiant absque licentia sedis apostolicm speciali faciente plenam et expressam de prohibitione hujusmodi mentionem nequaquam obstante, auctori-tate apostolica licentiam largimur. Datum Romae apud Sanctum Petrum vi.b Ides Decembees pontificatus nostri anno sexto.

Urban, &c., to our venerable brother the Bishop of Sodor, health, &c.

The circumspect benignity of the Apostolic See, intent as it is upon the works of salvation, willingly gives the apostolic assent to and urges on with gracious favours the wishes of those who inspired by Divine grace long with earnest desire for an increase of the worship of the Divine name, and give to that object their aid and labour. In truth the petition on the part of our beloved sons the Provincial prior and Brethren of the Order of Minors of the province of Ireland, and the corresponding petition upon the part of Our beloved son the nobleman William Montague Earl of Salisbury set forth that it is known that in the Sodor diocese there is no establishment of the Order of Minors ; and that the said earl, giving thought to his own salvation and desiring to exchange by a happy traffic earthly for heavenly and transitory for eternal things, for the praise and glory of the Almighty God and for the salvation of his own soul and of the souls of other faithful ones of Christ, proposes to assign a place for the labours and use of the said friars in the village of St. Columba, in the Isle of Man in the said diocese, of which the said earl is lord.

Wherefore, upon the part of the said Prior and Brethren and Earl, we have been humbly petitioned to deign in our Apostolical benignity to grant permission to the said Prior and Brethren to accept the place, and to construct or build on it a church or oratory, with a bell-tower, bell, cemetery, houses, and other neces-sary offices.

We therefore, giving ear to these petitions, by Our Apostolical Letters communicate to you Brother, by these Apostolical Letters, that if the case is as stated, We grant permission to the said Prior and Brethren to accept the place if it befitting and suitable, and there-on to build or construct a church or oratory, together with a bell-tower, bell, cemetery, houses, and other necessary offices as aforesaid, provided that twelve brethren of the said Order can be fittingly and properly maintained at the place; without infringing however on the rights of the parochial church, or of any other in any respect ; notwithstanding the constitution of our predecessor Pope Boni-face VIII. of happy memory, which forbids Religious of the Mendicant Orders to accept new places without special licence of the Apostolic See making full and express mention of this prohibition.

Given at Rome, at St. Peter's, the 8th day of December, in the sixth year of Our Pontificate.

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