Born Giovanni Battista Montini. As pope, he issued encyclicals for clerical celibacy and against artificial birth control. ALS in Italian, signed 'G. B. Montini,' one page both sides, 5.25 x 8.25, Segreteria Di Stato Di Sua Santita letterhead, 1948. Letter, in Italian, written while he was assistant to the Secretary of State of the Vatican and carried the title Substitute for Ordinary Affairs. In fine condition, with a bisecting horizontal fold. RRAuction COA.
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