title: Sacerdotii nostri primordia
text: # Sacerdotii nostri primordia
  
  Sacerdotii nostri primordia ("From the beginning of our priesthood") was the second encyclical of Pope John XXIII, issued 1 August 1959. It commemorated the 100th anniversary of the death of St. John Vianney, the patron saint of priests.
  
  