Obbulum Bilisari: Pii VII Rescriptum de Indulgentia elemosinas facere in honore I.M.I. (13 Iun.1815)

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Belisarius was a general in the army of the Eastern Roman Emperor Justinian in the sixth century AD. He lived in the capital, Constantinople (now Istanbul), and waged successful wars for the emperor. According to the legend, Belisarius fell from grace and lost his eyesight. In the end, he was reduced to penury. Mattia Preti depicted him as a beggar in a coat of mail, holding a lance in his left hand. Above him, on the right, is a note inscribed with the Latin words ‘Obbulum Bilisari’, meaning ‘Belisarius’s obol’ (an obol was a coin in ancient Greece). Four men approach the former general. The man on the far left has a lion’s skin draped over his head and shoulders. A young man in armour stands beside him and hands Belisarius a coin. They are accompanied by an elderly man with a grey beard, and a soldier wearing a helmet. The group might be construed as representing characters from antiquity, like Hercules, Alexander the Great or Diogenes. Preti spent many years in Naples, where the influence of Caravaggio’s consummate chiaroscuro was most clearly in evidence. The brilliant play of light and shade, which greatly enhances the impact of this painting, suggests that Preti, too, was inspired by his work.

SS. Pius VII P.M. per Rescriptum de S. C. Indulgentiarum (13 Iun. 1815) declaravit quemquam fidelium elemosinas facere in honore Iesu, Mariae, et Ioseph potis habere aut indulgentiam 100 dierum, 7 annorum et 7 quadragenarum, et plenariam (Cf. Raccolta #153).

153. ALMSGIVING IN HONOUR OF JESUS, MARY AND JOSEPH.
Pope Pius VII., by a Rescript of June 13, 1815, of the S. Congr. of Indulgences, confirmed the following Indulgences previously granted to any one who shall feed three poor persons in memory of, and to the special honour of Jesus, Mary, and Joseph –
i. An indulgence of seven years and seven quarantines every time he does this with a heart penitent for its sins.
ii. A plenary indulgence, if on the same day, after Confession and Communion, he shall pray according to the intention of the Sovereign Pontiff.
iii. An indulgence of 100 days to all the members of the family, or domestics of him, by whom this charitable work is done, as well as to all who shall contribute to this work of mercy, whether by lending their own services, or by their mere presence.
Thus Rescript is kept in the Segretaria of the Tribunal of his Eminence the Cardinal-Vicar, and an authentic copy ins the Archivium of the Pious Union of St. Paul, elsewhere named.

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