Abbreviations used in this collection
APF
Archivio Storico 'de Propaganda Fide' (Engl: Historical Archives 'de Propaganda Fide')
ASV
Archivio Segreto Vaticano (Engl: Vatican Secret Archives)
CEC
Congregatio Exaltatae Crucis (Fr: Congrégation de l'Exaltation Sainte Croix; Engl: Congregation of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross); later known as a ‘company’ (compagnie, compagnia), rather than ‘congregation’.
CM
The Congregation of the Mission
Cong.Concilio, Libri Litter.
Congregazione Concilio, Libri Litterarum (in ASV)
Cong.Concilio, Libri Litter. Visit. SS. Liminum
Congregazione Concilio, Libri Littererarum Visitationum Sacrorum Liminum (in ASV)
Cong.Concilio, Relat.Dioec.
Congregazione Concilio, Relationes Dioecesium (in ASV)
Cong. Vesc. Pos. Episc.
Congregazione Vescovi e Regolari, Positiones Episcoporum (in ASV)
Cong. Vesc. Reg. Episc.
Congregazione Vescovi e Regolari, Registra Episcoporum (in ASV)
CP
Congregazioni particolari (in APF)
gen. cong.
A general meeting of the members of PF, during which a long list of issues was usually discussed (most of these issues were raised in letters and petitions addressed to the PF by a variety of people, from nuncios to missionaries and slaves). The minutes of these meetings are kept in the Acta collection of the APF; the letters and petitions, mostly in the SOCG collection (but others as well).
LETTERE
Lettere e decreti della Sacra Congregazione e Biglietti di Monsignor Segretario (in APF)
MISC. DIV.
Miscellanee diverse (in APF)
part. cong.
A “particular” meeting (congregazione particolare) of PF’s members, dedicated to the discussion of only one specific topic (as opposed to the general meetings described above).
PF (or SCPF)
Sacra Congregatio de Propaganda Fide (Engl: Sacred Congregation for the Propagation of the Faith)
SCER
Sacra Congregatio Episcoporum et Regularium (Engl: Sacred Congregation of Bishops and Regulars); in ASV
SC
Scritture riferite nei Congressi (Engl: Documents referred to in the weekly meetings).
SCC
Sacra Congregatio Concilii [Sacra Congregatio Cardinalium Concilii Tridentini Interpretum] (Engl: Sacred Congregation of the Council); in ASV
SOCG
Scritture originali riferite nelle congregazioni generali (Engl: Original papers discussed in general congregations [of the Congregation for the Propagation of the Faith]); in APF
SRC
Scritture Riferite nei Congressi (in APF)