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Apostolic Letters 1959

  • Urbs Roma conferring the title of Minor Basilica to the Church of the Sacred Immaculate Heart of Mary (May 23, 1959)

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  • Potiora inter declaring Our Lady of El Soto, patroness of Valle de Toranzo in Cantabria (May 23, 1959)

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  • Augustae Virgini conferring the title of Minor Basilica to the Church of Our Lady of Lourdes in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (May 23, 1959)

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  • Plantaria Novella declaring St Isidore the Farmer, Patron of the Diocese of San Isidro in Argentina (May 21, 1959)

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  • Caritatis Unitas establishing the Confederation of the Canons Regular of Saint Augustine (May 4, 1959)

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  • Caritatis Praeconium proclaiming Marie Marguerite d'Youville, foundress of the Congregation of the Sisters of Charity a Saint (May 3, 1959)

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  • Mariani Cultus conferring the title of Minor Basilica to the Church of the Our Lady Del Quinche in the Archdiocese of Quito, Ecuador (May 2, 1959)

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  • Renovans faciem declaring Blessed Elena Guerra, the foundress of the Oblates of the Holy Spirit (April 26, 1959)

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  • Quae festo (April 15, 1959)

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  • Cui Datum proclaiming Saint Joseph, Patron of the Diocese of Tapachula, Mexico (April 14, 1959)

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  • Decree letter Mirabilis Tot proclaiming Charles of Sezze a Saint (April 12, 1959)

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  • Decree Letter Materna Caritas proclaiming Joaquina De Vedruna De Mas a Saint (April 12, 1959)

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  • Quantum dilectionis, declaring St Gabriel of the Sorrowful Mother, the Patron of Abruzzo (April 10, 1959)

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  • Qui huius saeculi (March 23, 1959)

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  • Celsitudo ex humiltate declaring St Lawrence of Brindisi, Doctor of the Universal Church (March 19, 1959)

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  • Agnes Sepulchrum conferring the title of Stational to the Basilica of St Agnes Outside the Walls (February 27, 1959)

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  • Pientissima Virgo conferring the title of Minor Basilica to the Shrine of Our Lady of the Seven Sorrows in Pescara (January 16, 1959)

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  • Urbis Fori Livii conferring the title of Minor Basilica to the Abbey of St Mercuriale in Forlì (January 16, 1959)

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  • Opere Nobilissimo conceding to the faithful a Partial and Plenary Indulgence at the Basilica of St Mark in Venice (January 14, 1959)

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  • Gaudii nuntia declaring  the Parochial Church of Notre Dame de Joie, a Minor Basilica in the Diocese of Vannes (January 10, 1959)

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