HADRIAN THE SEVENTH
A ROMANCE
BY
FR. ROLFE
LONDON
CHATTO & WINDUS
1904
TO MOTHER
In Obedience to the Decree of Urban P.M. VIII, I declare that I have no Intention of attributing any other than a purely human Authority to the Miracles, Revelations, Favours, & particular Cases, recorded in this Book; & the same as regards the Titles of Saints & Blessed applied to Servants of God not yet canonized: except in those Cases which have been confirmed by the Holy Catholic Apostolic Roman See, of which I declare myself to be an obedient Son; & therefore I submit myself & all which I have written to her Judgment.
Fr. Rolfe.