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Letter from Lorance, vicar apostolic, to PF. Lorance wants to express his gratitude and consolation that was within the letter sent by PF on 12 December last year. This should have ended the problems with the Trinitarians and the English consul,…

Letter from Lorence, vicar apostolic, to PF. Last September Lorence sent two priests away. One of them is member of the Trinitarian order, and is named Gioan Antonio Vello. He had been the administrator of the hospital for nine years. At the end of…

The letter begins with a list of 19 subjects from the papal states, that are slaves in Algiers. Because nobody is trying to free them, there are many subjects of the pope still in slavery in Tunis. They do not profit from the services of the orders…

The Trinitarian procurator states that his order always has mantained hospitals in Algiers, founded at their own expense. From the Holy See they received privileges to find churches and administer the sacraments. They had been doing this for 16…

Minutes of PF general meeting approving Hyacinth Guérin, member of the Recollect order from the Province of Lyon, as a missionary on the Barbary Coast, under the authority of Prefect Pascal Canto.

Letter from Boniface Nouelly to PF describing the state of the mission in Algiers and requesting: a) that the apostolic missionary (or general vicar) be given both spiritual and secular authority over the members of religious orders and congregations…

Letter from Boniface Nouelly in Algiers regarding a priest from the Order of Friars Minor (Brother Angelo d'Alteta, from the Province of Ancona), who at the time was owned by a Maur who wanted to exchange him for one of his own relatives, who in turn…

Letter from Julien Guérin to Cardinal Capponi, accompanying a few letters he is forwarding to PF and which he received from a Maur. Guérin apologizes that the letters are open, but he found them in this state. Guérin also mentions that: a) the plague…

Letter from Giuseppe Maria da Genoa, prefect of the Capuchin mission in Tabarca, offering details on many local issues (relative to Tabarca, Carthage, and the Capuchin mission in the region), but also relays news from Algiers by way of Julien Guérin…

Letter sent from PF to the nuncio to France, Nicolò Guidi di Bagno, asking the nuncio to report information on additional CM missionaries to be sent to the Barbary Coast: a) Jean Le Vacher as a companion for Julien Guérin in Tunis; and b) Jacques…

Minutes of PF general meeting discussing, among other issues, the request from Julien Guérin to have a companion [Jean Le Vacher] assigned for him in Tunis, and two other missionaries (as nominated by Vincent de Paul) approved for Algiers. One of the…

Letter from PF to the nuncio to France, Nicolò Guidi di Bagno, asking the nuncio to report information on additional CM missionaries to be sent to the Barbary Coast: a) Jean Le Vacher as a companion for Julien Guérin in Tunis; and b) J Jacques…

Copy of a letter from PF to the nuncio to France, Nicolò Guidi di Bagno. The nuncio is asked to inform Vincent de Paul that the cardinals decided to assign the mission of Algiers to Jean Le Vacher and Jacques Lesage.

Letter from Giuseppe Maria da Genoa (Brother Giuseppe Maria), prefect of the Capuchin mission in Tabarca, letting PF know he had arrived in Algiers several days before, and that the plague continued to ravage the city. He mentions three priests in…

Minutes of PF general meeting (held in presence of Pope Innocentius X) granting dispensation from religious vows to Jean Barreau, "Parisian priest of the Congregation of the Priests of the Mission, established in Paris under Vincent de Paul, and…

Letter from Antonio da Genoa, of the Capuchin order, relating, among other things, that there were only two priests left in Algiers at that time, one from Majorca, the other French. According to the author of the letter, the French priest was of…

Minutes of PF general meeting of 31 May 1650 discussing among other issues, a petition sent on behalf of Vincent de Paul asking if he can send other missionaries to replace CM priests who died of the plague. The cardinals agreed to appoint Philippe…

Minutes of PF general meeting of 9 August 1650 discussing among other issues, the petition by Jean Le Vacher, who asks to be declared vicar apostolic in Tunis. PF answers that he should write to the archbishop of Carthage, asking to be appointed…

Copy of a decree issued by PF on 9 August 1650, regarding the petition of Philippe Le Vacher to be declared apostolic vicar in Algiers. The main reason is to give him jurisdiction over the slave priests who cause scandal by their way of living. PF…

Letter from Scipio Costaguti, archbishop of Carthage, to Monsignor Tighetti. He writes that PF had asked him to appoint a vicar in Algiers and Tunis, since both cities fall under his jurisdiction. Therefore he has written two patents and testifies…

Small note from Vincent de Paul and Lambert [aux Couteaux] to the nuncio, Nicolò Guidi di Bagno, in which they ask him to write to PF and request faculties for Philippe Le Vacher for the Algiers mission. An Italian translation can be found on f.…

Petition on behalf of Vincent de Paul, in which he asks that Philippe Le Vacher be granted faculties for the mission in Algiers. He also requests that Le Vacher receive more authority in order to remedy the disorders among the slave priests. The…

Petition on behalf of Philippe Le Vacher, missionary in Algiers to PF. He asks that PF send a letter to Monsignor Costaguti, Archbishop of Carthage, requesting the archbishop to appoint Philippe Le Vacher (or another candidate) as vicar general of…

Petition on behalf of Philippe Le Vacher to PF. He asks to be appointed vicar apostolic of Algiers, in order to be able to remedy the current disorders among the slave priests in the city. The petition was discussed in a general meeting of the…

Copy of a letter from PF to Jean Le Vacher, vicar apostolic in Tunis. Le Vacher is asked for information about Father Guglelo [William] Lull, who is being held captive in Algiers. Lull has asked PF for a letter of recommendation for Padri del…

Petition on behalf of Jean Le Vacher, vicar apostolic in Tunis to PF. He asks for a plenary indulgence for everyone who, after having been to confession and having received communion, visits one of the five chapels in Bizerte, or one of the sixteen…

Minutes of PF general meeting of 6 May 1652 discussing among other issues, a petition on behalf of Jean Barreau for a dispensation of his simple vows, now that he is working in Algiers for two CM priests. The cardinals decide to forward the issue to…

Minutes of PF general meeting of 27 May 1652 discussing among other issues, a petition on behalf of Philippe Le Vacher, vicar apostolic in Algiers. He asks for a plenary indulgence for the four chapels of Algiers on their respective feast days. He…

Petition on behalf of Jean Barreau, who is working for the mission in Algiers to PF, asking for a dispensation of the simple vows of the Cistercians, considering he is working for CM priests. During the PF general meeting of the 6 May 1652, the…

Petition on behalf of Jean Barreau to PF, asking if the dispensation from his simple vows is valid; at the time the dispensation was granted, the cardinals thought that he was a priest instead of a brother. 
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