Letter from the nuncio to France, Giovanni Francesco Guidi di Bagno, to Cardinal Ludovisi accompanying the first CM petition asking for approval of the congregation by PF in 1628. The nuncio strongly recommends the CM missionaries and their…
Minutes of PF general meeting approving the establishement of CM as a "mission" (after having rejected two petitions requesting the approval of its establishment as a "congregation").
Latin translation of a notarized compilation of two earlier documents in French, namely the CM foundation act (17 April 1625) and its approval by the archbishop of Paris (24 April 1626). The French notarized version (dated 12 August 1627) was sent to…
French notarized copy collating two earlier documents: a) the CM foundation act (17 April 1625); and b) its approval by the archbishop of Paris (24 April 1626). The collation was sent to PF with the aim of having CM approved as a mission in 1627.
Letter from PF to the nuncio to France, Giovanni Francesco Guidi di Bagno, enclosing a decree regarding CM (the text of the decree itself was not filed in this volume) and asking for more information on Vincent de Paul's congregation, as detailed in…