POPE. Gian Pietro Carafa, paul IV (1476-1559) Pope in 1555. Handwritten bull in his name, Rome, St. Peter's, 8th of the calendas of January (December 24) 1556, 2nd year of his pontificate; vellum, broadside (35.5 x 51 cm), "Paulus" in large ornate letters (holes, one in the text affecting a few words); seal missing; in Latin. In favor of Pierre Cure, rector of the church of Notre-Dame de Palinges, in the diocese of Autun (Saône-et-Loire), to grant him the benefice with its branch of Saint-Nicolas de Digoin, in return for a tax of 24 ducats.