Legal decree issued in the name of Cardinal Alderano Cibo to free the Jew, Samuel Hycim, imprisoned in Ancona.

(ITALY).

30th March

Rome

1689

Latin manuscript on vellum. Single sheet, with folded over element at base with wax stamp.

After studies in Rome Alderano Cibo (or, Cybo, 1613-1700) was appointed papal prelate in the pontificate of Pope Urban VIII. In 1645 he was elevated to be cardinal and by 1689 was serving as the Cardinal Secretary of State, a papal appointment responsible for all the political and diplomatic functions of the Catholic Church and the second most important office in the Vatican. According to this document Cibo orders that a Jew be freed from prison after swearing with the “Hebrew rite” to liquidate the capital of a loan.