ON SAINT CANDIDUS, ROMAN MARTYR, AT CINGOLI IN PICENUM.
CommentaryCandidus, Roman Martyr, at Cingoli in Picenum (Saint)
[1] Cingoli, once a not undistinguished city of old Picenum, concerning which in the additions to volume 2 of January, folio 1148, before the Life of Saint Exuperantius, we have treated devoutly, In the year 1650 venerates Saint Candidus, a Roman Martyr, translated to its Collegiate Church on this day: the instruments of whose translation, transcribed from the original by the hand of Bonfilius de Bernardis of Cingoli, public notary of that place, and sealed with the seal of the Gonfalonier and Prior of Cingoli, were sent to us in the year 1665 by Carolus Francischini, a noble native of the same town, and they are as follows.
[2] To Hieronymus Cardinal Verospius. In the name of the Lord. Amen. The venerable relics of the Saints reigning in heaven with Christ are accustomed to bring great aid to the faithful who are still fighting in the world against the snares and weapons of the most wicked enemy, who does not cease to plot destruction against the human race, like a roaring lion. Whence not undeservedly are such relics of the saints received with the most joyful hearts and held in the highest esteem by the faithful peoples. For this reason, the Most Eminent and Most Reverend Lord Hieronymus, Cardinal Priest Verospius of the Title of Saint Agnes in Agone, Bishop of Osimo, wishing to bestow upon the most grateful and most deserving territory of Cingoli, placed under his pastoral care as Most Eminent, some conspicuous gift from such relics of the Saints, by which the territory of Cingoli might be both richer in heavenly treasures and rendered more secure and happy by the protection of the Saints, gave as a gift the distinguished body of Saint Candidus the Martyr, exported from the city of Rome and brought to the said territory of Cingoli, The body of Saint Candidus the Martyr was given, as below, and concerning this matter he commanded that a public instrument also be drawn up. Therefore, by this present public instrument, let it be clear and known to all everywhere, that formerly the Most Illustrious and Most Reverend Lord Julius Cincius, Roman Patrician... Lieutenant in civil cases of the Most Eminent and Most Reverend Lord Cardinal Vicar of our Holy Lord the Pope, bestowed the Body of Saint Candidus the Martyr, placed and deposited in a certain wooden casket, upon the said Most Eminent and Most Reverend Lord Hieronymus, Cardinal Verospius of the Title of Saint Agnes in Agone, Bishop of Osimo; as appears from the instrument of donation, drawn up by Lord Giovanni Garsia Valentino, notary of the causes of the Most Eminent and Most Reverend Lord Cardinal Vicar, on the thirteenth day of June 1650, given to me the undersigned Notary in public and authentic form, for the purpose of inserting here word for word, the tenor of which is as follows.
[3] In the name of the Lord. Amen. By this present public instrument let it be clear and known to all everywhere, that in the year from the birth of our Lord Jesus Christ 1650, Indiction III, on the thirteenth day of the month of June, in the sixth year of the pontificate of the Most Holy Father and our Lord in Christ, Lord Innocent, by divine providence Pope X, From the Cemetery of Saint Agnes. in the presence of myself and the undersigned witnesses, being present and personally existing, the Most Illustrious and Most Reverend Lord Julius Cincius... who of his own free will and in every better manner, for the greater glory and honor of Almighty God and his Saints, donated and bestowed upon the Most Eminent and Reverend Lord Hieronymus... Cardinal Verospius... being present, the body of Saint Candidus the Martyr, formerly extracted from the Cemetery of Saint Agnes by command of our Holy Lord the Pope, and donated and delivered to the same Most Illustrious and Reverend Lord Julius Cincius in the previous year by the Most Illustrious and Reverend Lord Antonio Rivaldo, With the faculty to dispose of it. Vice-Regent of the same Most Eminent and Reverend Lord Cardinal, with the faculty to keep it with him, to donate it to others, to transmit it outside the city, and to place it in Churches; as appears from the testimonial letters of this donation, signed by the hand of the said Most Illustrious and Reverend Lord Vice-Regent, and sealed with the seal of the said Most Eminent Lord Cardinal Vicar, produced in the records: for this purpose the said Most Illustrious and Reverend Lord Julius Cincius gave and transferred to the same Most Eminent and Reverend Cardinal Verospius every faculty and authority concerning the disposition of the said sacred Body granted to him as above. Which body of Saint Candidus the Martyr, placed and deposited in a certain wooden casket, the same Most Eminent and Reverend Lord Cardinal Verospius received with every
possible devotion and reverence, and gave the most abundant thanks... Done at Rome in the house of the usual habitation of the said Most Illustrious and Reverend Lord Julius Cincius, with the Most Distinguished and Very Reverend Lord Philippus Pirus, Auditor, and the Illustrious Lord Petrus Lelius, a Roman, present there as witnesses called and requested for all and each of the aforesaid.
[4] There follows the attestation of the notarial office of the said Giovanni de Garsia by Martius, Cardinal Priest Ghinettus of the Title of Saint Peter in Chains, Vicar General of our Holy Lord the Pope: which being here omitted, the tenor of the former instrument proceeds. Who in the year 1651 transfers it to Cingoli, The original of which instrument was afterwards given and delivered to the undersigned Most Illustrious and Very Reverend Lords, the Provost and Canons of the Collegiate Church of the said Territory of Cingoli, for the purpose of preservation. Then the said Most Eminent and Reverend Lord Cardinal Verospius, wishing to enjoy the faculty and authority attributed to him by virtue of the above-written instrument, and to adorn the said Territory of Cingoli with the said body of Saint Candidus the Martyr, exported the same body of Saint Candidus the Martyr from the city of Rome and solemnly brought it to the Territory of Cingoli, and donated it to the Venerable Collegiate Church of the same Territory of Cingoli, consecrated under the name of the Blessed Mary, and wished that for a perpetual record of the matter a public instrument be drawn up at this time.
Hence it is that the said Most Eminent and Reverend Lord Hieronymus, And donates it to the Collegiate Church Cardinal Priest Verospius of the Title of Saint Agnes in Agone, Bishop of Osimo, in the year from the most holy birth of our Lord Jesus Christ 1651, Indiction IV, in the seventh year of the pontificate of our Holy Lord Innocent, by divine providence the Tenth, on the nineteenth day of the month of March, about two hours after nightfall, with three lit candles, in the presence of myself and the undersigned witnesses, being present and personally existing, of his own free will and in every better manner, for the greater glory and honor of Almighty God and the Saints, and to arouse a greater sentiment of devotion among the people of the Territory of Cingoli, gave as an irrevocable gift inter vivos the said holy Body of Lord Candidus the Martyr, deposited in a casket as above, from the pure affection and benevolence of his will, to the aforesaid Collegiate Church of the Territory of Cingoli, to its Chapter and Canons, namely to the Most Illustrious and Very Reverend Lords Hieronymus Pier-Matteo the Provost, Simon de Bernardis, Matthew Pasqualono, Achilles Simonetto, Antonius Marconus, and Severus Severinus, Canons of the same Church, present and accepting, both for themselves and for the absent Lord colleagues and their successors, in perpetuity.
[5] The same Most Eminent and Reverend Lord Cardinal Verospius also added and expressly enjoined upon this donation this irrevocable law and condition, To be preserved under three keys namely, that the said venerable body of Saint Candidus the Martyr be placed and, once placed, preserved in a fitting location of the same Collegiate Church, well locked and guarded under three keys; of which keys, one should be kept in perpetuity with the aforesaid Chapter and Canons, another with the Most Illustrious and Very Reverend Lord Vicar Forane of Cingoli for the time being, and the third with the Most Illustrious Community of the aforesaid Territory in perpetuity. Moreover, the same Most Eminent and Reverend Lord Cardinal Verospius commanded and expressly ordered that the said body of Saint Candidus the Martyr be exhibited for the people to see and venerate, And on March 18 to be exposed for public veneration and be honored with fitting celebration on March 18 of each year, to celebrate the memory of the glorious Translation of the said body to the territory of Cingoli.
[6] This Translation was made on the same day with great attendance and applause of the people and with solemn pomp and singular cheerfulness and devotion of spirit by the same Most Eminent and Reverend Lord Cardinal Verospius. Which body of Saint Candidus the Martyr, The Chapter accepts the conditions. deposited in a casket as above, the aforesaid Lords Provost and Canons accepted, and offered the most humble thanks to the same Most Eminent and Reverend Lord Cardinal Verospius, beseeching God Almighty to deign to repay from heaven the most bountiful rewards for his pious munificence. The aforesaid Lords Provost and Canons promised always to hold ratified all and each of the aforesaid things, and never to contravene them, and so they swore, having touched, etc. Done at Cingoli, in the house of the Most Distinguished Lord Frederick Simonetti, in the district of Saint Dominic; next to the road: with Lords Captain Giovanni Battista, son of the late Lord Achilles Dionysius, and Captain Camillus, son of the late Lord Hieronymus Sinibaldi of Osimo, present as witnesses. I, Alexander de Bernardis of Cingoli, Notary, requested, etc.