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Report from Charles Nacquart to CM Superior Vincent de Paul, 1650-02-05, Madagascar
Translated copy (from the original French) of a detailed report on the Madagascar mission, written by Charles Nacquart and addressed to Vincent de Paul.
Report from Charles de Bourlon to SCC, 1662-09-23, Rome
Visitation report by Charles de Bourlon, bishop of Soissons, from 1662. CM priests are not mentioned. For Montmirail, only two priories mentioned, one run by Augustinians, another by Benedictines (f. 7r). The report only refers in some detail to…
Report by [William Ballantyne] on Scottish mission [1654]
Report from the superior of the Scottish mission, William Ballantyne, to PF. It describes the importance of the mission, the political situation, and the relationship between Protestants and Catholics in the country. The report also lists all the…
Report about the mission in Scotland by [William Lesley], [1678]
Relation on the mission in Scotland. The covered subjects are the following: a) archbishoprics and bishoprics; b) the place of residence of the missionaries; c) the residence of the prefect of the mission; d) the universities; e) the Catholics…
Relation on the mission in Scotland, [1668 or later]
Relation on the mission of Scotland. There are eight missionaries in Scotland, including Fran'o Blanco [Francis White], Franc' Magdonel [Francis MacDonnell] and Robert Monro; they stay in the mountains in northern Scotland and in The Hebrides. On the…
Printed booklet from Father Hyacinth to Univ. of Paris, 1638-02-28, Paris
Printed booklet dedicated to the doctors in Theology of the University of Paris by "Frater Hyacinthus religiousus Capucinus, et humilis Minister S. Congregationis Propagationis fidei Christianae." Contains orations.
Printed booklet from CEC to PF, 1645, Paris
Booklet printed by CEC and dedicated to the cardinals of PF and the archbishops and bishops of France. Content related to general issues (doctrine). Title page reads: "Eminentiss. Cardinalib'… Archiepiscopis & Episcopis… Maiora Ecclesiae…
Tags: CEC, Destination:, Origin: Paris, Printed booklet
Preparatory notes regarding the visitation of the British Isles, [1658]
Preparatory notes related to the visitation of the British Isles, presented to PF secretary [Mario Alberizzi] on 12 January 1658. It includes a description of the characteristics that a visitor should have, the dangers of the task, and the way the…
Tags: Destination:, Ireland, Origin: [Rome], Scotland, Visitation
PF summary on the Scottish colleges, [1667 or later]
PF summary about the Scottish Colleges that are going to be visited. The summary includes information from the superior general of the Jesuits.
Tags: Destination: [Rome], Origin: Rome, PF, Scotland, Summary
PF summary on the case of Luigi Da Palermo, [1671 or later]
PF summary on the case of Luigi Da Palermo, a Capuchin who left the mission of Tunis. The summary includes the viewpoint of both the Capuchin commissary of Sicily, Gioseppe d’Ica, and Luigi Da Palermo himself about his work as a missionary, and the…
PF notes on the brief declaring Michel Monmasson vicar apostolic of Algiers, [1685]
PF notes on a brief that declares Michel Monmasson vicar apostolic of Algiers. It includes a copy of the brief that was made for Philippe Le Vacher in 1650, and the decision on the issue that PF took in those days. According to PF notes, Monmasson…
Tags: Algiers, Destination: [Rome], Notes, Origin: Rome, PF
PF notes of a petition by Dionisio Kennedy, 1667
PF notes on a petition by Dionisio Kennedie [Kennedy], an Irish Augustinian wishing to go to the mission in the Scottish highlands. The petition notes that Kennedie is asking for the faculties of missionary, including a provision for daily expenses,…
PF notes about CEC [1634] Rome
Internal PF document containing comments on the statutes of CEC, detailed chapter by chapter," to be shown only to the archbishop and the nuncio."
Tags: CEC, Destination:, France (missions in), Notes, Origin: Rome, PF
PF notes about Authier's congregation [1647], Rome
PF follow-up notes concerning the statutes of Christophe Authier's congregation in Valence.
Tags: Christophe Authier, Destination:, Notes, Origin: Rome, PF
PF minutes, 1688-02-03, Rome
Minutes of PF general meeting of 3 February 1688 discussing among other issues, two letters from the vicar apostolic of Algiers [Michel Monmasson], one dated 17 July, and the other 6 September. He asks for the faculty to read more than two masses per…
Tags: Algiers, CM petitions, Destination:, Minutes, Origin: Rome, PF, Trinitarians
PF minutes, 1687-02-17, Rome
Minutes of PF general meeting of 17 February 1687 discussing among other issues, a petition on behalf of Michel Monmasson, vicar apostolic in Algiers. He asks: a) for some medals to distribute among the slaves; b) what authority he has with regard to…
PF minutes, 1686-10-07, Rome
Minutes of PF general meeting of 7 October 1686 discussing among other issues, a petition on behalf of Michel Monmasson, vicar apostolic in Algiers. Monmasson asks several things: a) whether as vicar apostolic he now has more authority than that of a…
PF minutes, 1685-09-24, Rome
Minutes of PF general meeting of 24 september 1685 discussing among other issues, a petition on behalf of Edme Jolly, superior of CM. He asks that a papal brief be added to PF decree that declares Michel Monmasson vicar apostolic in Algiers. The…
Tags: Algiers, CM petitions, Destination:, Minutes, Origin: Rome, PF
PF minutes, 1685-01-08, Rome
Minutes of PF general meeting of 8 January 1685 discussing among other issues, a petition on behalf of Edme Jolly, superior of CM. He asks that Michel Monmasson (a priest of CM), be appointed vicar apostolic of Algiers, to replace Jean Le Vacher who…
PF minutes, 1683-11-29, Rome
Minutes of PF general meeting of 29 November 1683 discussing among other issues, the petition sent on behalf of the Trinitarians in Algiers. Its decided that now that the vicar apostolic [Jean Le Vacher] has died, a Trinitarian may be granted the…
Tags: Algiers, Destination:, Minutes, Origin: Rome, PF, Trinitarians
PF minutes, 1683-09-06, Rome
Minutes of PF general meeting of 6 September 1683 discussing among other issues, a letter from the prefect of the Tripoli mission. He writes that he left the mission out of fear that the Turks would do to him what they did to Jean Le Vacher, (Le…
Tags: Destination:, Minutes, Origin: Rome, Other secular missionaries, PF, Salé, Tripoli
PF minutes, 1681-09-30, Rome
Minutes of PF General meeting of 30 September 1682 discussing amongst other issues, the case of Vincenzo Frascati and Francesco Gatta (which was dicussed during PF meeting of 8 April 1680). They are both missionaries in Tunis, and its believed that…
PF minutes, 1680-04-30, Rome
Minutes of PF general meeting of 8 April 1680 discussing among other issues, a report from Alexander Winster, the prefect of the Scottish mission. He writes that, since Francis White died, the Catholics in the Highlands have been suffering. He asks…
PF minutes, 1680-04-08, Rome
Minutes of PF general meeting of 8 April 1680 discussing among other issues, letters from Vincenzo da Frascati and Francesco Gatta about the mission in Algiers. They write that they work to keep the Christians faithful and that there would be many…
PF minutes, 1680-04-08, Rome
Minutes of PF general meeting of 8 April 1680 discussing among other issues, a request by Giovanni Da Randazio. He asks to be sent back to his province, with the usual privileges being issued after nine years of service in the mission. The cardinals…
PF minutes, 1679-09-11, Rome
Minutes of PF general meeting of 11 September 1679 discussing among other issues; a) the disagreements between Jean Le Vacher, vicar apostolic in Algiers, and the Trinitarians who work in the five hospitals of the city; and b) a report by Jean Le…
PF minutes, 1678-11-14, Rome
Minutes of PF general meeting of 14 November 1678 discussing among other issues, a petition on behalf of Jean Le Vacher. He asks for a plenary indulgence in articulo mortis, for six crosses, and some medals with indulgences, which he will distribute…
Tags: Algiers, CM petitions, Destination:, Minutes, Origin: Rome, PF
PF minutes, 1678-08-22, Rome
Minutes of PF general meeting of 22 August 1678 discussing among other issues, a petition on behalf of Jean Le Vacher, vicar apostolic in Algiers to PF, in which he asks: a) for the faculties of vicar general of Carthage; b) for the permission to…
PF minutes, 1678-03-29, Rome
Minutes of PF general meeting of 29 March 1678 discussing among other issues, a petition on behalf of the Venetian slaves in Algiers, Tunis and Tripoli. They ask that PF allow two Capuchins per city for the purpose of handling ransom money, because…
PF minutes, 1678-02-07, Rome
Minutes of PF general meeting of 7 February 1678 discussing among other issues, a letter from Francesco Gatta, a missionary in Barbary. He writes about a Spanish boy who has endured many sufferings at the hands of his brothers and Father, who took…
Tags: Conversion, Destination:, Minutes, Origin: Rome, PF, Renegades, Tunis