PIUS XII: (1876-1958)

PIUS XII: (1876-1958) Pope of the Roman Catholic Church 1939-58. T.L.S., E. Card. Pacelli, one page, 4to, Vatican City, 3rd December 1934, to Monsignor Costante Chimenton, on the printed stationery of the State Secretary of His Holiness. Pius XII, in his capacity as Prefect of the Congregation for Extraordinary Ecclesiastical Affairs, and Archpriest of Saint Peter´s Basilica, states `It is a pleasure to assure you that the Holy Father has deeply appreciated the present of the book entitled ''Losses and Damages in the Art of the Churches on the Piave river banks'', further saying `The Holy Father has noted with pleasure the efforts and works achieved to rescue most monuments of love for God and human fraternity, where the terrible war produced vast ruins..´. With blank integral leaf. The document bears the watermark of the State Secretary of His Holiness. Folded. VG £200-300 Pius XI (1857-1939) Pope of the Roman Catholic Church 1922-39. He was the first Sovereign of Vatican City from its creation as an independent state in 1929.