Nineteenth Century  -- Including Leo XIII († 1903)

 

[Mother of the Church]

The bibliography below attempts to list the teachings, which include Mary, of the popes and councils of the Catholic Church from 1800- 1903. Links are provided to these documents in the original and in English where known.

Marian content is briefly summarized in brackets. Sources are listed below.

Various file formats are employed where there are links: Vatican Web links, pdf, and tiff or jpg images.

The reference "Published in [x]" indicates that The Mary Page has gleaned this reference on bibliographic lists but has not yet located the actual text. Your assistance in providing titles and text sources unknown to us and in various languages will be greatly appreciated.

Abbreviations, Bibliography, and Compendiums below

 

 

 

Pius VII (1800-1823)

Papal Letter "Id Officii debent"  

9 January 1801

Marian Text: [To the Bishop of Cagliari, concession of the Feast of Our Lady of the Seven Dolors, Acknowledgment of Our Lady of Grace as the Patron of the City of Carmona]

Published in [x]

 

Papal Brief "Tanto studio"  

19 February 1805

Marian Text []

Published in [x]

 

Papal Brief "Pastoralis officii"  

9 April 1805

Marian Text: [Rule of Sisters of the Presentation of the Virgin in Cork]

Published in Latin [MBC12, 278-302]

 

Papal Brief "Quod divino afflata Spiritu"

24 January 1806

Marian Text [Veneration of the Virgin in the monastery of the Servites of Florence Concession of privileges ]

Published in [x]

 

Preface (?)

17 May 1806

 

Indulgence

18 August 1807

Marian Text: [Marian Indulgences]

Published in Italian and English [EI393]

 

Papal Brief "Memoria"

21 February 1808     

 

Indulgence

21 June 1808

Marian Text: [Marian Indulgences]

Published in Italian and English [EI334]

 

Sacred Congregation for Rites, 26 August 1814

 

Indulgence

14 January 1815

Published in Italian and English [EI383]

 

Indulgence

20 March1815

Marian Text: [Marian Indulgences]

 

Indulgence

22 September 1817

Marian Text: [Marian Indulgences]

 

Indulgence

30 September 1817

Marian Text: [Litany of Loreto]

Published in Latin and English [EI319 Litany of Loreto]

 

Indulgence

24 August 1818

Marian Text: [Marian Indulgences]

 

Indulgence

23 November 1819

Marian Text: [Marian Indulgences]

 

Papal Audience

9 December 1819

 

Indulgence

15 May 1821

Marian Text: [Marian Indulgences]

Published in Italian and English [EI335]

Leo XII (1823-1829)

 

Rescript "Manu propria"

21 October 1823

 

Indulgence

21 October 1823

Marian Text: [Marian Indulgences]

Published in Italian and English [EI336]

 

Papal Brief "Quonium"

15 July 1824

 

Indulgence

11 August 1824

Marian Text: [Marian Indulgences]

Published in Italian and English [EI337]

 

Papal Brief "Etsi Dei Filius"

1 September 1826

Marian Text: [Rules and Constitutions of the Oblates of the Blessed Virgin Mary (OMV)]

Published in Latin [MBC16, 472-474]

 

Indulgence

30 January 1828

Marian Text: [Marian Indulgences]

Published in Italian and English [EI338]

 

Pius VIII (1829-1830)

 

Papal Brief "Praesentissimum sane"

30 March 1832

Marian Text: [Concession of privileges Mary, Mother of Sorrows]

Published in [x]

Gregory XVI (1831-1846)

 

Papal Brief "Benedicentes"

27 January 1832

 

Letter"Praesentissimum"

18 May 1832

 

Indulgence

8 January 1838

Marian Text: [Crown of Twelve Stars]

Published in Italian and English [EI330 Crown of Twelve Stars]

 

Letter"Summa quidem animi"

23 April 1845

Marian Text: [ to the Archbishop of Prague and to the Bishops of Bohemia towards the Definition of the Immaculate Conception]

Blessed Pius  IX (1846-1878)

 

Indulgence

11 December 1846

Marian Text: [Memorare]

Published in Latin and English [EI339 Memorare]

 

Letter"Nihil certe"

28 October 1847

 

Encyclical Letter"Ubi primum"

2 February 1849

Marian Text: [Preparation for Definition of Immaculate Conception]

Published in Latin [AP01, 162-166]

 

Indulgence

5 August 1851

Marian Text: [Marian Indulgences]

Published in Latin and English [EI340]

 

Apostolic Letter"Inter omnia"

26 August 1852

Marian Text: [Privileges for Holy House of Loreto]

Published in Latin [AP01, 373-382]

 

Encyclical "Exultavit cor Nostrum"

21 November 1851

Marian Text: [Jubilee Prayer; Mary, Reason for our Hope]

Published in Latin [AP01, 342-347]

 

Indulgence

30 September 1852

Marian Text: [Marian Indulgences]

Published in Italian and English [EI386]

Indulgence  

19 May 1854

Marian Text: [Marian Indulgences]

Published in Latin and English [EI341]

 

Indulgence

Rescript of 7 September 1854

Marian Text: [Marian Indulgences]

Published in Latin and English [EI342]

 

Indulgence

26 November 1854

Marian Text: [Marian Indulgences]

Published in Italian and English [EI354]

 

Address"Inter graves"

1 December 1854

Marian Text: [To the Consistory; Last Consultation before the Definition Having obtained all responses, Pius IX announces 8 December for the solemn definition]

 

Apostolic Constitution "Ineffabilis Deus"

8 December 1854

Marian Text: [The Immaculate Conception]
[English]

 

Address to the Consistory

9 December 1854

Marian Text: [Timeliness of the Definition; Present difficulties and errors]

 

Indulgence

11 December 1854

Marian Text: [Marian Indulgences]

Published in Latin and English [EI392]

 

Papal Brief

11 March 1856

 

"Egregiis"

3 December 1856

 

Indulgence

26 March 1860

Marian Text: [Marian Indulgences]

Published in Italian and English [EI407]

 

Letter

3 February 1863

 

Indulgence

27 March 1863

Marian Text: [Marian Indulgences]

Published in Italian and English [EI355]

 

Encyclical"Quanta Cura"

8 December 1864

Marian Text: [Mary Queen and Mother]

Published in Latin [AP03, 687-700]

 

Indulgence

17 May 1866

Marian Text: [Marian Indulgences]

Published in Italian and English [EI427]

 

Address "Deus cuius natura" to the Consistory

22 February 1867

Marian Text: [Patronage of Mother of God]

Published in Latin [AP04, 066-072]

 

Sacred Congregation of the Propagation of Faith

30 December 1868

 

Letter"Cum purgaturus” to Msgr Van der Berghe

25 August 1873

Marian Text: [The Virgin & The Priest; Congratulations to the author of “Marie et le Sacerdoce”]

Rescript “Manu propria” of 11 April 1874

 

Address to the Catholic Circles of Rome

20 September 1874

[A coincidence: the feast of the harvest and its caretakers, while Rome entertains its despoilers A second coincidence]

 

"Proditum est"

8 February 1875

 

Indulgence

Sequentia “Stabat Mater”

18 June 1876

Published in Latin and English [EI378 Stabat Mater]

 

Address to Pilgrims from Savoy

15 September 1876

[Need for suffering]

 

Letter"Pium sane"

24 March 1877

Leo XIII (1878-1903)

 

Papal Brief "Ad cultum"

10 September 1878

Sacred Congregation for Neg Eccl Extraord (extraordinary ecclesial negotiations)

 

Indulgence

10 September 1878

Marian Text: [Marian Indulgences]

Published in Latin and English [EI356]

 

Indulgence

23 November 1880

Marian Text: [Marian Indulgences]

Published in Italian and English [EI429]

 

Encyclical Letter "Supremi Apostolatus Officio"

1 September 1883

Marian Text: [Efficacy of Rosary in History]

Published in Latin [ASS16, 113-118]

[English]

 

Audience of

15 December 1885

 

Indulgence

15 December 1885

Marian Text: [Marian Indulgences]

Published in Italian and English [EI294]

 

Apostolic Letter "Salutaris ille"

24 December 1883

Marian Text [Adding the invocation, “Queen of the Most Holy Rosary" to the Litany of Loreto; Exhortation to the daily recitation of the Rosary]

Published in [x]

 

Indulgence

15 March 1884

Marian Text: [Marian Invocation]

Published in Italian and English [EI357 O Mary Conceived without Sin]

 

Encyclical Letter"Superiore anno"

30 August 1884

Maarian Text: [In Prayer with Mary; Practical dispositions; Exhortation and prayers for the peace of the Church]

[English]

Royalty of Mary

1885

 

Encyclical Letter"Quod auctoritate"

22 December 1885

Marian Text: [Jubilee Year]

Published in Latin [AL02, 174-180]

[English]

 

Indulgence

27 February 1886

Marian Text: [Marian Indulgences]

Published in Italian and English [EI408]

 

Indulgence

3 July 1886

Marian Text: [Marian Indulgences]

Published in Italian and English [EI399]

 

Letter"Piu volte"

31 October 1886

Marian Text: [Protectress of Rome; Regulations for the daily recital of the Rosary in the churches of Rome dedicated to Mary most holy]

Indulgence

20 March 1887

Marian Text: [Marian Indulgences]

Published in Italian and English [EI384]

 

Letter"Vi è noto"

20 September 1887

Marian Text: [Victories of the Rosary]

Published in Italian & Latin [ASS20, 209-215]

[English]

 

Decree of the Holy Office, 14 December 1887

 

Encyclical Letter"Quanquam pluries"

15 August 1889

Marian Text: [Patronage of Spouse of the Blessed Virgin]

Published in Latin [AL03, 272-277]

[English]

Indulgence

14 December 1889

Marian Text: [Marian Indulgences]

Published in Latin and English [EI410]

 

Indulgence

15 March 1890

Marian Text: [Marian Indulgences]

Published in Latin and English [EI343]

 

Indulgence

20 December 1890

Marian Text: [Marian Indulgences]

Published in Italian and English [EI411]

 

Indulgence

20 June 1891

Marian Text: [Marian Indulgences]

Published in Italian and English [EI412]

 

Apostolic Letter"Optimae quidem spei"

21 July 1891

 

Encyclical Letter"Octobri mense"

22 September 1891

Marian Text: [Perfect Mediatrix]

Published in Latin [ASS24, 193-203]

[English]

Encyclical Letter"Magnae Dei Matris"

8 September 1892

Marian Text: [Power and Bounty of Mary]

Published in Latin [ASS25, 139-148]

[English]

Indulgence

20 May 1893

Marian Text: [Marian Indulgences]

Published in Latin and English [EI295]

 

Encyclical Letter "Laetitiae sanctae"

8 September 1893

Marian Text: [On the Rosary]

Published in Latin [ASS26, 193-199]
[English]

Letter"Perhibenti quidem" to the Bishops of Mexico

2 August 1894 Guardian of Faith

 

Encyclical Letter "Iucunda semper expectatione"

8 September 1894

Marian Text: [Mary's Mediation in the Rosary]

Published in Latin [ASS27, 177-184]

[English]

Apostolic Letter "Amantissimae voluntatis"

14 April 1895

Marian Text: [Anniversary of Augustine of Canterbury]

Published in Latin [ASS27, 583-593]

 

Letter "Postquam"

30 July 1895

Marian Text: [Supplication to the Virgin for the Unity of the Church]

 

Encyclical Letter "Adiutricem populi"

5 September 1895

Marian Text: [Mother of Christian Unity]

Published in Latin [ASS28, 129-136]
[English]

Indulgence

1 February 1896

Marian Text: [Marian Indulgences]

 

Sermon "Ci è caro"

6 May 1896

 

Encyclical Letter"Fidentem Piumque"

20 September 1896

Marian Text: [Close to the Mediator]

Published in Latin [ASS29, 204-209]
[English]

Encyclical "Divinum illud Munus"

9 May 1897

Marian Text: [Spouse of the Holy Spirit]

Published in Latin [ASS29, 644-658]

[English]

Encyclical Letter"Augustissimae Virginis"

12 September 1897

Marian Text: [Mary's Implorative Power]

Published in Latin [ASS30, 129-135]

[English]

Letter"Mariani coetus"

2 August 1898

Marian Text: [Plan of the Congress to consecrate Italy to the Heart of Our Lady]

 

Encyclical Letter"Diuturni temporis"

5 September 1898

Marian Text: [Marian work of Leo XIII]

Published in Latin [ASS31, 146-149]

[English]

 

Apostolic Constitution "Ubi primum"

2 October 1898

Marian Text: [Confraternity of the Rosary]

Published in Latin [ASS31, 257-263]

 

Indulgence

8 February 1900

Marian Text: [Marian Indulgences]

Published in Latin and English [EI297]

 

Apostolic Letter "Oblatis Nobis"

10 May 1900