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Decree of the general Cortes, for the extinction of the
Carthusians, Bernardines, Benedictines, the monks of St Basil &
all other religious orders —
Article 1 — All monasteries of the monkish orders are suppressed,
including those of the Benedictine Cloisters of Arragon & Catalonia,
as also the Convents & Colleges of the four military orders of St John
of Jerusalem, the Knights Hospitalers, & the Hospitalers of San Juan
de Diös —
2d The secular benefices attached to Monasteries, are restored to
their original independence, & to the appointment of the King —
3 The merits of individuals belonging to these respective institutions,
and the rank which monks may have obtained in them,
shall be very particularly attended to, in the appointments to
Archbishoprics, Bishoprics, prebendaries, & all ecclesiastical
benefices —
4 To every monk ordained in sacris who is not above 50 years of
age, shall be secured an annuity of 300 Ducats; to those
between the ages of 50 & 60, 400 Ducats; & to those above 60 years of
age 600 Ducats —
5. The professed monks not ordained in sacris, who have not
reached 50 years of age, shall enjoy an annuity of 100 Ducats,
& if they have passed that age 200 Ducats—
6 The two preceeding articles shall apply in the case of the
brethren of the military orders of St John of Jerusalem, the Knights
Hospitalers, & the Hospitalers of San Juan de Dios, with the
addition of 100 Ducats annuity—
7. The annuities assigned in the three preceeding articles,
shall be paid to those only, who hold no other ecclesiastical
income whereon to subsist—
8 In regard to the unordained professed -monks- the nation
does not consent that they shall exist, except subject to
the bishops—
9 No greater number of monkish prelates shall be recognized,
than the resident superiors of each convent, elected by
their respective communities—
10. It is prohibited to found in future any convent, to admit
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