The small card appears to be the amount of the “honorarium” for 200 Masses being said for the intentions of the recipient.
The honorarium totals 172.30 lire.
At the bottom is the location, abbreviated.
In 1895, Giacomo della Chiesa served as secretary to Cardinal Mariano Rampolla, the Secretary of State to Pope Leo XIII. This card is from that time.
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- Cardinal-Archbishop of Bologna
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- Cardinal Giacomo della Chiesa
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- Pope Benedict XV: Letter Signed Giacomo della Chiesa, Untranslated
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- Pope Benedict XV: Letter Signed Giacomo della Chiesa, Untranslated, Back
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- As Bishop, he visited every parish in his mountainous diocese.
