In Diplomatic vaticane, a motu landlord (of the Latin , “of its own boss”) is an apostolic letter emitted by the Pape of his own initiative.

The letter starts with the following heading:

of the pope

Litteræ apostolicæ

Motu landlord datæ

of the apostolic pope

Letter

In form of motu landlord

A motu landlord is signed personally, in Latin, by the pope. It neither is sealed nor contresigned. It is usually written in Italian Latin or . It is composed of two parts:

• a talk of the reasons which push the pope to make a decision, which ends in a formula of this content: “for the reasons mentioned above, by this apostolic letter emitted of our own boss, we establish and decide what follows: …”

• an enumeration of issued measurements

The first motu landlord goes up with Innocent VIII in 1484.

References and bonds

Related articles

• Jean-Paul II: Ecclesia Dei
• Benoit XVI: Summorum Pontificum

See too

• Diplomatic vaticane

• In short apostolic
• Encyclical Bubble
• apostolic Constitution
• apostolic Exhortation
• apostolic Indult
• Letter
• Motu landlord
• Rescrit

External bonds

• Motu landlord of Jean-Paul II on the site of the Vatican
• Motu landlord of Benoit XVI