JOHN PAUL II: (1920-2005)

JOHN PAUL II: (1920-2005) Pope of the Catholic Church 1978-2005, later canonised as Pope Saint John Paul II in 2014. D.S., ` + Karol Card. Wojtyla´, as Cardinal and Archbishop of Krakow, two pages, folio, Torun, 1973, in Polish. The attractive partially printed red and brown coloured document, is a diploma of participation in the Sacrosong music festival, issued to Father Placyda Galinskiego, a Benedictine Abbot from Tyniec. Signed by the future Pope in his capacity as President and Chairman of the festival and also featuring two other signatures. The second page of the document awards a distinction related to the text of Psalm 128 with music by Leonard Katarzynski and bears a further seven signatures of various unidentified individuals. One light, thin vertical strip of staining to the first page, not affecting the text or signatures, otherwise VG