A Telegram from Pope Pius XI congratulating a Scottish couple on their Golden Wedding

How many receive a telegram with a special blessing from His Holy Father the Pope on the occasion of their golden wedding? Mr and Mrs Patrick Dempsay did. This original pencil written Post Office Telegram originating from Cita Del Vatican is stamped on receipt at Spean Bridge, a village in the parish of Kilmonivaig in the Highlands of Scotland and dated 5 Jan ‘35. The holy father (Pope Pius XI) ‘sends apostolic benediction pledge abriding grace’ and the telegram is signed off by Cardinal Pacelli (Eugenio Pacelli), Vatican Secretary of State who was later elected Pope himself on March 2, 1939, taking the name Pius XII.

The telegraph is in wonderfully fresh condition having been mounted in a surround and was most probably framed by its recipients who we have so far been unable to find any further biographical details in order to help us place them.