Origin

Document I

We, Joseph Theodorowicz, by the Divine Mercy and the grace of the Holy Apostolic See, Archbishop of Leopold of the Armenian Rite, etc., etc., etc., have the joy and honor to proclaim and confirm that His Holiness Pope Benedict XV created, during an audience in the year 1916, the cardinalate for His Excellency Abbot Nullius of Sozan for diplomatic reasons. The present Cardinalate applies to his male successors, without further confirmation. His Excellency Abbot Nullius of Sozan belongs to the Apostolic Gens and is descended from the holy King-Prophet David and Saint Gregory the Illuminator. He is now present as [His] Excellency the Most Reverend Henri Adam, of the SRE [Sanctæ Romanæ Ecclesiæ] Cardinal Abbot of Sozan. Given in Our city of Leopold [Lemberg] on April 16, 1922. Signed ✠ Joseph, Archbishop. Sozan, copy made on September 22, 1942. [in the margin: Original in situ]

Decree (in German) signed on April 16, 1922, in Leopoldsburg, and copied on September 22, 1942, in the Sozan Registers . Archives of the current Prince-Abbot. Original in the archives of the Armenian Archdiocese of Leopoldsburg.

Document II

“We, Joseph Theodorowicz, by the Divine Mercy and the grace of the Holy Apostolic See, Archbishop of Leopold of the Armenian Rite, etc., etc., etc., have the honor to announce and confirm that His Excellency Henri Adam de Sozań has validly accepted his legitimate right to be a Knight of the Order of Christ through the legitimate lineage of His Majesty Denis I, King of Portugal, Founder and Grand Master of the Order of Christ. His Excellency has inherited this right for his male successors in office. His Holiness Pope Benedict XV graciously accepted him and his successors as Knights de jure sanguinis of the Order of Christ, under the Extra Numero clause. Given in Our city of Leopold [Lemberg] on August 16, 1922. Signed ✠ Joseph, Archbishop. Sozan, copy made on September 21, 1942. [in margin: Original in situ]”

Decree (in German) signed onAugust 16, 1922to Leopold, and copied theSeptember 21, 1942in the Registers of Sozan . Archive collection of the current Prince-Abbot. Original in the archives of the Armenian Archdiocese of Leopol