CATHERINE II OF RUSSIA (1729-1796). Autograph letter signed ...
Hammer
€2,800
CATHERINE II OF RUSSIA (1729-1796). Autograph letter signed to Giacomo Durazzo concerning the religious policy of the Russian Empire and relations with the Holy See. St Petersburg, 1783.
Autograph letter signed Catherine , 3 pages in French with autograph address on the verso, addressed to Count Giacomo Durazzo (1717-1794), the Genoese diplomat in the service of the Habsburg monarchy. An important political document concerning relations between the court of St Petersburg and the Holy See following the establishment of the Archdiocese of Mohilev. Catherine II informs Durazzo that she has received the papal response concerning the organisation of the Catholic hierarchy within the territories of the Russian Empire and instructs him to uphold firmly the position of the Imperial court in Rome. The Empress reiterates the principles of religious toleration underpinning her government, while asserting that no ecclesiastical authority may interfere with the sovereignty of the State or with its civil administration. A scarcetestimony to Catherine II's religious policy and to the complex diplomatic relations between Russia, the Habsburg Empire and the Holy See in the years following the First Partition of Poland, addressed to one of the most prominent European diplomats of the eighteenth century.
3-page letter (260 × 190 mm), address panel on the verso and red wax seal. (1)
Hammer
€2,800
CATHERINE II OF RUSSIA (1729-1796). Autograph letter signed to Giacomo Durazzo concerning the religious policy of the Russian Empire and relations with the Holy See. St Petersburg, 1783.
Autograph letter signed Catherine , 3 pages in French with autograph address on the verso, addressed to Count Giacomo Durazzo (1717-1794), the Genoese diplomat in the service of the Habsburg monarchy. An important political document concerning relations between the court of St Petersburg and the Holy See following the establishment of the Archdiocese of Mohilev. Catherine II informs Durazzo that she has received the papal response concerning the organisation of the Catholic hierarchy within the territories of the Russian Empire and instructs him to uphold firmly the position of the Imperial court in Rome. The Empress reiterates the principles of religious toleration underpinning her government, while asserting that no ecclesiastical authority may interfere with the sovereignty of the State or with its civil administration. A scarcetestimony to Catherine II's religious policy and to the complex diplomatic relations between Russia, the Habsburg Empire and the Holy See in the years following the First Partition of Poland, addressed to one of the most prominent European diplomats of the eighteenth century.
3-page letter (260 × 190 mm), address panel on the verso and red wax seal. (1)
