French notarized copy of CM founding documents, 1627-08-12, Paris
CM petitions
France (missions in)
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.
Additional comments
Coppo reads the signatures as "Delatre" and "Gavot"; see A. Coppo in 'Documenti inediti per la storia della Congregazione della Missione, presso l'archivio della S. C. 'De Propaganda Fide'', in: Annali della Missione 80:1 (1973), 222-255, here 252.
Delatie
T. Gavot
APF SOCG 198, 117r-120v
The original French versions of the two documents compiled here (i.e., foundation act of 1625 and approval by the archbishop in 1626) are available in P. Coste, ed., Saint Vincent de Paul: correspondance, entretiens, documents (Paris: 1920-25), vol. 13, doc. 59-60. The 1627 notarized version sent to PF (as well as its Latin translation) are mentioned by A. Coppo in "Documenti inediti per la storia della Congregazione della Missione, presso l'archivio della S. C. 'De Propaganda Fide,''' in Annali della Missione 80:1 (1973): 222-255, here 247, and by Bernard Jacqueline, "Missions en France," in Sacrae Congregationis De Propaganda Fide Rerum, ed. by Josef Metzler, Vol. I/2 (1622-1700) (Rome, Freiburg, Vienna: Herder, 1972), 111-148, here 131. Jacqueline erroneously dates it 5 Nov. 1627, after the date of the PF general congregation when the material was discussed (as noted on f. 120v). The PF notes on 120v were published and analyzed by Angelo Coppo in "Documenti inediti per la storia della Congregazione della Missione, presso l'archivio della S. C. 'De Propaganda Fide,"' in Annali della Missione 80:1 (1973), 222-255, here 253-255. The unpublished portion of the notarized document and the few missing lines from the PF note published by Coppo are in the attached file.
1627-08-12
Latin translation in APF SOCG 198, f. 111r-114v (database item 21).
Original; signed; French; PF notes in Italian
French
Italian
Founding documents
24
Origin: Paris
Destination:
Petition on behalf of the procurator of the Scottish mission [William Lesley] to PF [1672]
Scotland
CM petitions
Petition on behalf of the procurator of the Scotish mission [William Lesley] to PF. Due to the war with the Netherlands, Scottish missionaries have been living in great poverty, and have even been forced to sell their clothes. Lesley asks for the missionaries to be paid on time, at least before the second half of the year begins. Lesley also asks PF to give Aless'ro Irvino [Alexander Irvin] 50 scudi (the other missionaries are paid this amount), instead of the 40 he currently receives. Lesley has always given him 50 scudi as he does not want him to become unmotivated with his work; however he is now unable to continue paying the difference.
Date discussed: 1673-08-02
Additional comments
[William Lesley]
APF SOCG 440, 564r, 571v
[1672]
Adressed to PF
For the minutes of the PF meeting where this matter was discussed, see: APF ACTA 42, 165r, 189v-191r (not in this database).
The content of this petition is also summarized: APF SOCG 440, 563r-v (database item 775).
Original
Italian
Letter
776
Origin: [Rome]
Destination: Rome
Petition on behalf of Blaise Féron to Urban VIII [1627], Paris
CM petitions
France (missions in)
Petition on behalf of Blaise Le Féron, requesting the approval of the CM as a mission. Approved by PF in November 1627.
Additional comments
Blaise Féron
APF SOCG 198, 116r, 121v
Briefly mentioned as 'duplicate of Le Féron's petition' by A. Coppo in "Documenti inediti per la storia della Congregazione della Missione, presso l'archivio della S. C. 'De Propaganda Fide,''' in Annali della Missione 80:1 (1973): 222-255, here 247. The version published in full by Coppo on pp. 225-233 comes from PF SOCG 387, f. 370r, 373v. The differences between the two versions are negligible.
[1627]
Addressed to Urban VIII
This is a duplicate of the petition in APF SOCG 387, f. 370r/note373v (database item 29).
Original; not signed; Italian
Italian
Petition
23
Origin: Paris
Destination: [Rome]
Petition on behalf of Blaise Féron to Urban VIII [1627]
CM petitions
France (missions in)
Petition on behalf of Blaise Le Féron on behalf of CM, requesting its confirmation by PF as a mission. Approved by PF in November 1627.
Additional comments
As noted by Coppo, an additional "memoriale" was probably attached to this petition, which detailed the faculties requested for the missionaries ("infrascritte"); the "joined memo" is also noted on 374v. That document is missing. Coppo argues that it is very unlikely that the said "memoriale" was the 1625 founding contract of CM or the act of approval of that contract by the archbishop of Paris. See A. Coppo, 'Documenti inediti per la storia della Congregazione della Missione, presso l'archivio della S. C. 'De Propaganda Fide,'' in Annali della Missione 80:1 (1973), 222-255, here 233.
The date and place are taken from the duplicate, see: SOCG 198, 116r, 121v (database item 23).
Blaise Féron
APF SOCG 387, 370r, 373v
Published in full (including the PF notes) and analyzed by A. Coppo in "Documenti inediti per la storia della Congregazione della Missione, presso l'archivio della S. C. 'De Propaganda Fide,''' in Annali della Missione 80:1 (1973): 222-255, here 225-233. For minor discrepancies between the original and Coppo, see attached file.
[1627]
Addressed to Urban VIII
See duplicate: APF SOCG 198, 116r, 121v (database item 23).
Original; not signed; not dated; Italian
Italian
Petition
29
Origin: [Paris]
Destination: Rome
Petition on behalf of CM to Urban VIII [1640]
CM petitions
France (missions in)
Petitions for faculties
Petition for permission that CM priests may grant plenary indulgence to those who make general or particular confession, as well as indulgence for ten years to those who listen to their exhortations. The petition also requests that CM members receive the faculty to absolve sins (regardless of how great they are), to cancel or change vows (with the exception of the vows of chastity), to enter a religious order, and to make pilgrimage to Jerusalem and St. Jacob. Permission was also requested to allow CM priests to transmit faculties to their inferiors, or whomever they bring along in their missions.
Date discussed 1640
Additional comments
The Vincentiana edition was not consulted for the purposes of this database.
CM
APF SOCG 401 , 590r, 591v
P. Coste, ed., Saint Vincent de Paul: Correspondence, Conferences, Documents (Brooklyn, NY: 1985-2010), vol. 13a, doc. 85b (English translation); also in Vincentiana (see footnote in Coste).
[1640]
Addressed to Urban VIII
For the minutes of the PF meeting where this matter was discussed, see: APF ACTA 14, 17r, 23r-v (database item 146).
See also: APF SOCG 401, 587r, 594v (database item 155) and APF LETTERE 20 9v-10r (database item 157).
Original; unsigned, undated; Italian; no PF notes on the back
Italian
Petition
156
Origin: unknown
Destination: [Rome]
Petition on behalf of Domenico Jafurt to PF [1671]
Algiers
Trinitarians
CM petitions
Domenico Jafurt the procurator general of the Trinitarians, responds about the case of Bartolomeo Da Serrano, who works in Algiers without a license from the vicar apostolic [Jean Le Vacher]. Jafurt states that Bartolomeo does have permision to do this. To be sure however, he has sent a letter to the provincial superior in Castille, to ask for further information.
1671-07-22
Additional comments
Domenico Jafurt
APF SOCG 429, 91r-92v
[1671]
Adressed to PF
For the minutes of the PF meeting where this matter was discussed, see: APF ACTA 41 199r,211r-212v.
See for the complaint of Jean Le Vacher: APF SOCG 429 90r, 93v (database item 713).
Not signed
Italian
Petition
714
Origin: unknown
Destination: Rome
Petition on behalf the Trinitarian Procurator General, Domenico [Taffuri?] to [PF], [1673]
CM petitions
Trinitarians
Tunis
Petition on behalf of Domenico Jafurt, Trinitarian procurator general. From the letters sent by [Bartolomeo Da] Serrano, one can understand that things are described very differently, than how the Vicar General of Carthage [Jean Le Vacher] presents them; its believed that the charges pressed against Da Serrano are motivated by hate, and not by zeal. That is why Da Serrano sent his writings ( which were also confirmed by testimonies) to PF. They want PF to do something about the scandals that have happen especially against the hospital, and they are protected by the Spanish king and the Trinitarians. The vicar of Carthage [Jean Le Vacher] and the consul [Jean-Armamd Dubordieu] are both French, and are believed to be working together against Da Serrano.
Date discussed: 1673-02-28
Additional comments
Domenico Taffuri
APF SOCG 438, 469r
[1673]
For the minutes of the PF meeting where this matter was discussed, see: ACTA 43, 44-47r.
Original
Italian
Petition
771
Origin: unknown
Destination: [Rome]
Petition on behalf of the CM superior [Edme Jolly] to PF, [1685]
Algiers
CM petitions
Petitions for faculties
Petition on behalf of Edme Jolly superior of CM, to PF. He asks that Michel Monmasson (priest of CM), be appointed vicar apostolic of Algiers, to replace Jean Le Vacher who has passed away. The petition was discussed during the meeting of 8 January 1685, and the cardinals agreed with the proposal.
Date discussed 1685-01-08
Additional comments
Edme Jolly
APF SOCG 492, 19r, 20v
[1685]
Addressed to PF
For the minutes of the PF meeting where this matter was discussed, see: APF ACTA 55, 1r, 4r (database item 688).
Italian
Latin
Petition
694
Origin: [Paris]
Destination: Rome
Petition on behalf of CM Superior Edme Jolly to PF, [1681]
Algiers
CM petitions
Petitions for faculties
Slaves (Christian)
Petitions for missionary patents
Petition on behalf of Edme Jolly, superior of CM to PF. He asks that PF give Andrea l’Escuier [André L'Escuier] missionary status and faculties, so that he can go to Algiers to help Jean Le Vacher, who has fallen ill and therefore cannot assist the slaves as he used to do. During their meeting of 5 March 1681 the cardinals decide to write Jean Le Vacher for more information.
Date discussed 1681-03-05
Additional comments
Edme Jolly
APF SOCG 482, 185r,186v
[1681]
Addressed to PF
Italian
Latin
Petition
664
Origin: [Paris]
Destination: Rome
Petition on behalf of Trinitarian procurator of Castile, Leon and Navarra, Ferdinando Di Alaba to PF, [1679]
Algiers
CM petitions
Slaves (Christian)
Slave priests
Trinitarians
Petition on behalf of the Trinitarian procurator of Castile, Leon and Navarra, Ferdinando Di Alaba. The Trinitarians have five hospitals in Algiers. Here, the priests do not only take care of the slaves, but they also preach the gospel, celebrate mass, administer the sacraments of Penance, Eucharist (and others), teach the basics of the faith to the children, and they ransom slaves. This mission in Algiers has been going on for more than 70 years, but recently it has been disturbed by a French priest, Gio' Bacher [Jean Le Vacher]. He claims to be vicar apostolic of Carthage and Tunis, but has never shown any document or patent from PF proving this. Le Vacher takes the privileges from the priests, forbids them to administer the sacraments for the slaves, and removed the coat of arms of the Spanish king, the protector and patron of the hospitals, the crosses, and the sign of the Trinitarians from their walls. He also took the Holy sacrament from the churches of the hospitals, as he wants to keep it in his own house, which is full of merchants, Muslims, Jews, Lutherans and other sectarians. The priests who had to get the bread ran the risk of being too late, and being insulted by the unbelievers. Le Vacher also placed sick heretics in the same rooms as Catholics, which is a practice they have never followed. He forbade the slave priests to say mass in the hospitals, and instead made them do it in his house; when they protested, he let their Turkish patrons lock them up. One of the priests from the hospital [Bartolomeo Da Serrano] protested against this, after which he was brought before the Muslim court on the false accusation of trying to create an uprising; this was viewed as a scandal by both the Christians and Moors. Ferdinando asks PF to either give the priests the title and faculties of vicar apostlic in the hospitals, so that they will no longer be subject to the jurisdiction of Le Vacher.
Date discussed: 1679-09-11
Additional comments
There is also a different version of this document from the same ACTA: APF ACTA 475, 100r-v, 121v.This one ends slightly differently: "del d’o Gio’ le Vacher, ò pur’/ ordinar’ al med’mo che non s’entrometta in cos’alcuna circa l’am/ministratione delli d’i Hospedali, ne sopra le persone esistenti in/ essi, ma ne lasci la cura alli d’i Amministratori, ò quello che pare/rà all’EE.VV. Quas Deus etc. "
Ferdinando Di Alaba
APF SOCG 475, 99r, 122v
[1679]
Adressed to PF
In this ACTA there are two versions of this file, for the other, see: APF ACTA 475, 100r-v, 121v.
For the minutes of the PF meeting where this matter was discussed, see: APF ACTA 49, 205r, 214r-218v, issue 18 (database item 681).
Original
Italian
Petition
799
Origin: unknown
Destination: [Rome]
Notes by PF secretary [Francesco Ingoli] about the CM [1628], Rome
CM petitions
France (missions in)
Summary of Vincent de Paul's petition for approval of CM, with PF Secretary Ingoli's (unfavorable) opinion on the matter; Cardinal Bentivoglio was charged to present the matter in the PF general meeting of 22 August 1628.
Date discussed 1628-08-22
Additional comments
This document questions the idea put forth in P. Coste, Saint Vincent de Paul: correspondance, entretiens, documents (1920-25) vol. I, doc. 26 (footnote) that the rejection of the petition was due to Cardinal Bentivoglio's "unfavorable report." It seems that Ingoli had made up his mind about the request before charging Bentivoglio with the matter, or in any case before the PF general meeting of 22 August 1628. See the corresponding minutes in ACTA. See also Coppo's comments in A. Coppo, 'Documenti inediti per la storia della Congregazione della Missione, presso l'archivio della S. C. 'De Propaganda Fide,'' Annali della Missione 79:3-4 (1972), 37-65, here 47, 49-51.
Francesco Ingoli
APF SOCG 130, 47r-48v
Main text published in P. Coste, ed., Saint Vincent de Paul: correspondance, entretiens, documents (Paris: 1920-25), vol. 13, doc. 72.; note on 48v published in the original Italian (with one word modernized) and Latin, and analyzed by A. Coppo in "Documenti inediti per la storia della Congregazione della Missione, presso l'archivio della S. C. "De Propaganda Fide,''' Annali della Missione79:3-4 (1972): 37-65, here 45-47. Coste's transcription is mostly faithful to the original, with modernized words ('aver' for 'haver', etc.), the omission of some punctuation (especially commas), and the elimination of capital letters for nouns within phrases. There are also a few other minor discrepancies (see attached file).
[1628]
Addressed to PF
Original; not signed (authorship revealed in PF note on 48v); Italian.
Italian
Notes
10
Origin: Rome
Destination:
Letter from the nuncio to France, Giovanni Francesco Guidi di Bagno, to the PF secretary [Francesco Ingoli], 1628-09-11, Chives
CM petitions
France (missions in)
The nuncio to France, Giovanni Francesco Guidi di Bagno, lets Secretary Ingoli know that he would be disappointed if the matter of CM would not amount to a successful conclusion. He asks that PF at least send a "handful of articles" for these good priests, who otherwise would be too afflicted if they heard about the total rejection of their wish.
Date discussed 1628-10-17
Additional comments
a) Written from "the camp below La Rochelle", probably Chives;
b) PF note on 71v indicates that the nuncio's letter was brought to discussion in PF general congregation of 17 October 1628. Evidently the letter was received by Ingoli after the meeting of 25 September 1628, when the second petition of CM was discussed and rejected;
c) Coppo points to the familiar tone of the letter, which suggests that the relations between the nuncio and Ingoli were very cordial; this also explains the confidential suggestion to at least gather a "handful of articles" to apease the "good priests." Coppo assumes that, at the time when he wrote this letter, the nuncio had not yet received the letter from PF (dated 1 September, located in Lettere Volgare 7, f. 119r-v (database item 38)) which let him know about the cardinals' decision to reject the first petition of CM, which had been taken in the general meeting of 22 August 1628.
Giovanni Francesco Guidi di Bagno
APF SOCG 130, 68r-v, 71v
Main text and note published and analyzed in A. Coppo, "Documenti inediti per la storia della Congregazione della Missione, presso l'archivio della S. C. 'De Propaganda Fide,''' Annali della Missione79:3-4 (1972): 37-65, here 59-61. There is only one discrepancy between the original and the published text: "afflitti" (f. 68r) is transcribed by Coppo as "affetti" (p. 60).
1628-09-11
Addressed to [Francesco Ingoli]
Original; signed; Italian; written in the nuncio's own hand.
Italian
Letter
16
Origin: Chives
Destination: Rome
Letter from Giovanni Francesco Guidi di Bagno to the PF secretary [Francesco Ingoli], 1628-08-17, Chives
CM petitions
France (missions in)
Letter from the nuncio to France, Giovanni Francesco Guidi di Bagno, to PF Secretary Ingoli accompanying: a) a letter from the reigning queen (Anna of Austria) recommending CM to French Ambassador de Béthune; b) the second petition in 1628 for PF approval of CM; and c) the nuncio's own recommendation addressed to Cardinal Ludovisi. In this letter to Ingoli, the nuncio shortly mentions that the "missionaries" want "something more" and that he strongly recommends the matter to Ludovisi. The first part of the letter refers to a different matter (an Arabic typeset requested by the PF printing house).
Date discussed 1628-09-25
Additional comments
a) Written from "the camp below La Rochelle", probably Chives;
b) The queen's letter is missing.
Giovanni Francesco Guidi di Bagno
APF SOCG 130, 66r-v, 73v
Main text and note published and analyzed in A. Coppo, "Documenti inediti per la storia della Congregazione della Missione, presso l'archivio della S. C. 'De Propaganda Fide,''' Annali della Missione 79:3-4 (1972): 37-65, here 57-59.
1628-08-17
Addressed to [Francesco Ingoli]
Original; signed; Italian; written in the nuncio's own hand.
Italian
Letter
15
Origin: Chives
Destination: Rome
Letter from the nuncio to France, Giovanni Francesco Guidi di Bagno, to [Ludovico Ludovisi], 1628-08-15, Chives
CM petitions
France (missions in)
Petitions for faculties
Letter from the nuncio to France, Giovanni Francesco Guidi di Bagno, to Cardinal Ludovisi, accompanying the second 1628 petition for the approval of CM. The nuncio reiterates his support for CM, and defers to Cardinal Ludovisi the decision about the form and content of the faculties requested by CM.
Date discussed 1628-09-25
Additional comments
Written at the camp at Chives, below La Rochelle, during the siege of that city.
Giovanni Francesco Guidi di Bagno
APF SOCG 130, 59r, 65v
Main text in P. Coste, ed., Saint Vincent de Paul: correspondance, entretiens, documents (Paris: 1920-25), vol. 13, doc. 71.; note published and analyzed in A. Coppo, "Documenti inediti per la storia della Congregazione della Missione, presso l'archivio della S. C. 'De Propaganda Fide,''' Annali della Missione 79:3-4 (1972): 37-65, here 55-57. For discrepancies between the original and the published texts, see attached file.
1628-08-15
Addressed to [Ludovico Ludovisi]
See for the petition itself: APF SOCG 130 60r-63v (database item 14).
Original; signed; Italian
Italian
Letter
13
Origin: Chives
Destination: Rome
Letter from the nunico to France [Giovanni Francesco Guidi di Bagno] to the PF secretary [Francesco Ingoli], 1628-07-23, Chives
CM petitions
France (missions in)
Letter from the nuncio to France, Giovanni Francesco Guidi di Bagno, accompanying two letters from King Louis XIII recommending CM to Pope Urban VIII and to the French ambassador to the Apostolic See, the count of Béthune. The nuncio's letter serves to introduce the king's letters but also to reiterate the nuncio's support for CM.
Date discussed 1628-09-05
Additional comments
a) Written at the camp at Chives, below La Rochelle, during the siege of that city;
b) The king's letters mentioned by the nuncio are not included in this SOCG volume. Coste published their texts based on copies found in Paris; the originals are missing;
c) The PF note on 57v consigns the matter to PF general of 5 September 1628, but Coppo thinks this might be a mistake, since CM was not discussed on 5 September, but on 25 September.
Giovanni Francesco Guidi di Bagno
APF SOCG 130, 54r, 57v
Main text published in P. Coste, ed., Saint Vincent de Paul: correspondance, entretiens, documents (Paris: 1920-25), vol. 13, doc. 70. The PF notes on 57v were published and analyzed by A. Coppo in "Documenti inediti per la storia della Congregazione della Missione, presso l'archivio della S. C. 'De Propaganda Fide,''' Annali della Missione 79:3-4 (1972): 37-65, here 44-45. For discrepancies between the original and the published texts (only one word in Coppo), see attached file.
1628-07-23
Addressed to [Francesco Ingoli]
Original; signed; Italian
Italian
Letter
12
Origin: Chives
Destination: Rome
Letter from the nuncio to France [Giovanni Francesco Guidi di Bagno] to the PF prefect [Ludovico Ludovisi], 1628-06-21, Chives
CM petitions
France (missions in)
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 "Institute." The first part of the letter refers to other matters (i.e. Protestants being tolerated too much in Poschiavo and in Lower Engadine by Monsieur de Mesmin).
Date discussed 1628-08-22
Additional comments
The letter was written "di Chius nel Campo sotto la Roccella" (Chives, the army camp below La Rochelle, during the siege of that city).
Giovanni Francesco Guidi di Bagno
APF SOCG 130, 44r-45v
Part of letter relevant to CM published in P. Coste, ed., Saint Vincent de Paul: correspondance, entretiens, documents (Paris: 1920-25), vol. 13, doc. 67. The English translation (available in P. Coste, ed., Saint Vincent de Paul: Correspondence, Conferences, Documents (Brooklyn, NY: 1985-2010), vol. 13a, doc. 67.) is not based on Coste's initial transcription but on the text published and analyzed by A. Coppo in "Documenti inediti per la storia della Congregazione della Missione, presso l'archivio della S. C. "De Propaganda Fide,"' Annali della Missione 79:3-4 (1972): 37-65, here 42-44 (because Coste's version has a few discrepancies from the original). Coppo's text is faithful to the original with two exceptions: a) it gives "Poschiano" instead of "Poschiauo" (Poschiavo) in the first paragraph of the letter (not related to CM); and b) the ommission of one redundant word. Place names are modernized both in Coste (English edition) and in Coppo.
1628-06-21
Addressed to [Ludovico Ludovisi]
Original letter, signed, Italian
Italian
Letter
9
Origin: Chives
Destination: Rome
Letter from the nuncio to France, Giovanni Francesco Guidi di Bagno, to the PF prefect [Ludovico Ludovisi], 1627-09-26, Paris
CM petitions
France (missions in)
Letter from the nuncio to France, Giovanni Francesco Guidi di Bagno, recommending CM in support of its first 1628 petition for approval by PF.
Date discussed 1627-11-05
Additional comments
Giovanni Francesco Guidi di Bagno
APF SOCG 198, 115r, 122v
Published and analyzed by A. Coppo in "Documenti inediti per la storia della Congregazione della Missione, presso l'archivio della S. C. 'De Propaganda Fide,''' in Annali della Missione 80:1 (1973): 222-255, here 248-255. Coppos' transcription of the main text is faithful to the original, with some words modernized. For discrepancies between the original text of the notes on 122v and Coppo's transcription, see attached file.
1627-09-26
Addressed to [Ludovico Ludovisi]
Original; signed; Italian
Italian
Letter
22
Origin: Paris
Destination: Rome
Petition on behalf of Jean Barreau to PF [1652]
Algiers
CM petitions
Other religious orders
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 cardinals decide to send his request to the Apostolic Penitentiary [which deals with the absolution of excommunications].
Date discussed 1652-05-06
Additional comments
Jean Barreau
APF SOCG 248, 179r,182v
[1652]
Addressed to PF
For the minutes of the PF meeting where this matter was discussed, see: APF ACTA 21, 47r, 50v, 51r, issue 13 (database item 537).
Latin
Italian
Petition
433
Origin: [Algiers]
Destination: Rome
Petition on behalf of Jean Le Vacher to PF, [1678]
Algiers
CM petitions
Capuchins
Petitions for faculties
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 administer the sacrament of confirmation; and c) for the faculties of provicar for the Capuchin Giuseppe Maria da Bologna, who he appointed to replace Grisostomo da Genova. During their meeting of 22 August 1678 the cardinals decide not to consent to the first two requests, but they do agree with the third.
Date discussed 1678-08-22
Additional comments
Jean Le Vacher
APF SOCG 470, 167r, 168v
[1678]
Addressed to PF
For the minutes of the PF meeting where this matter was discussed, see: APF ACTA 48, 152r, 154r-v, issue 8 (database item 679).
Italian
Latin
Petition
663
Origin: [Aligers]
Destination: Rome
Petition on behalf of Jean Le Vacher to PF, [1675]
Algiers
CM petitions
Slave priests
Petition on behalf of Jean Le Vacher to PF. Le Vacher requested financial help for the slave priests in Algiers, as they live in great poverty and have to pay their masters 3 piastre each month. The rescript is "nihil."
Date discussed 1675-07-30
Additional comments
Jean Le Vacher
APF SOCG 453, 11r, 12v
[1675]
Addressed to PF
Italian
Latin
Petition
655
Origin: [Algiers]
Destination: Rome
Petition on behalf of Jean Le Vacher, [1670]
Franciscans
Seravezza case
CM petitions
Tunis
Ransom
Tripoli
Petition on behalf of Giovanni il Vacher [Jean Le Vacher] to PF. As he is vicar apostolic of Algiers and Tunis and therefore has the power to appoint a substitute, he has sent a Capuchin priest [Luigi Da Palermo], from Sicily to Tunis; the slaves, priests and consul in the city and the Knights of Malta also asked him to send the priest. Le Vacher ransomed the Capuchin priest for 600 piastre, with the authority of vicar apostolic for three years. He has heard that Antonio Di Seravezza has returned to the mission of Tunis and Tripoli (which his order of the Minor Observants has control of), and according to a letter that Di Seravezza wrote to Le Vacher (and that Le Vacher will now sent to PF), he asks PF what should be done. Summary on the back. Monsignore [Federico Baldeschi?, the secretary] says that not only has Seravezza never been made vicar, but he he has also never been made missionary; the missions of Tunis and Tripoli were also never assigned to the Minor Observants. PF agrees with the appointment of the Sicilian Capuchin [Luigi Da Palermo] as vicar apstolic of Tunis.
Date discussed: 1670-11-10
Additional comments
Date based on the date of the discussion of this document in PF.
Jean Le Vacher
APF SOCG 424, 263r, 264v
[1670]
Adressed to [PF]
For the minutes of the PF meeting where this matter was discussed, see: APF ACTA 39, 197r, 203r-v, issue 18 (database item 670). See for the letter of PF to Jean Le Vacher in which they approved his appointment of Luigi Da Palermo: APF LETTERE 55, 74r (database item 600).
copy; signed; undated
Italian
Latin
Petition
755
Origin: unknown
Destination: Rome
Petition on behalf of Jean Le Vacher, [1670]
Algiers
CM petitions
Discalced Carmelites
Mercedarians
Trinitarians
Tunis
Petition on behalf of Gio' il Vacher [Jean Le Vacher]. There are priests of the Redemption Orders in Algiers and Tunis who grant indulgences, resolve reserved cases, say mass outside the chapels wherever they want, administer the sacraments, and preach according to the privileges that they claim to have, but which they refuse to show. On one hand Le Vacher does not want to stop them from the work they are doing, but on the other hand he also wants to fulfill the obligations that PF has given him. That is why he asks PF if he should ask them to show their privilges, or whether he should allow them to work as they already do. Summary on the back. According to the secretary of PF [Federico Baldeschi] there has been a similar case before, in which Discalced Carmelites worked in the Scottish mission under the authority of the Custodian of the Holy Land; it was decided that the priests had to show their patents. For the question whether they should receive the license or not, it was decided that they should be allowed to work as priests. PF decides to hear what the superiors of the Trinitarians and the Mercedarians have to say regarding the matter.
Date discussed: 1670-11-10
Additional comments
Date based on the date of the discussion of this document in PF.
Jean Le Vacher
APF SOCG 424, 265r, 266v
[1670]
For the minutes of the PF meeting where this matter was discussed, see: APF ACTA 39, 197r, 203v-204r, issue 19 (database item 671).
See for the anwer of PF to Jean Le Vacher: APF LETTERE 55, 73v (database item 597).
See for the letter of PF to the superiors of the Trinitarians and Mercedarians: APF LETTERE 55, 76v (database item 602).
copy; signed; undated
Italian
Latin
Petition
756
Origin: [Algiers]
Destination: Rome
Petition on behalf of Jean Le Vacher to PF [1656]
Tunis
Petitions for faculties
CM petitions
Petition on behalf of Jean Le Vacher, vicar apostolic in Tunis to PF. He asks for the faculties that allow him to consecrate chalices and altar stones.
Additional comments
The year is derived from PF filing system, not the petition itself.
Jean Le Vacher
APF SOCG 248, 256r, 297v
[1656]
Addressed to PF
The minutes of the PF meeting where this matter was discussed, might be: APF ACTA 25, 12r, 16v-17r, issue 20, (database item 512). They mention also the faculty to bless priestly vestments, which is not mentioned in the petition.
Italian
Petition
439
Origin: [Tunis]
Destination: Rome
Petition on behalf of Jean Le Vacher to PF, [1655]
Tunis
CM petitions
Slaves (Christian & Muslim)
Civitavecchia
Slave priests
Petition on behalf of Jean Le Vacher, vicar apostolic in Tunis to PF. He writes that the [Muslim] slaves in Civitavecchia have sent their complaints to the ruler of Tunis, stating that the land they had bought to bury their dead, has been taken from them. Le Vacher heard that the ruler of Tunis summoned all Christian priests and Christians present in the city, and told them that were the situation in Civitavecchia to remain unchanged, the Christian cemetery in Tunis would be destroyed. Jean Le Vacher therefore asks that the cardinals remedy this problem, and have the slaves in Civitavecchia write to Tunis. In their general meeting of 12 July 1655, the cardinals decide to ask the general treasurer to provide more information about the matter.
Date discussed 1655-07-12
Additional comments
Jean Le Vacher
APF SOCG 248, 257r, 296v
[1655]
Addressed to PF
For the minutes of the PF meeting where this matter was discussed, see: APF ACTA 24, 35r, 38r-v, issue 10 (database item 527).
Italian
Latin
Petition
440
Origin: [Tunis]
Destination: Rome
Petition on behalf of Jean Le Vacher to PF, [1655]
Tunis
CM petitions
Slaves (Christian)
Conversion
Petition on behalf of Jean Le Vacher, vicar apostolic in Tunis, asking that PF cardinals see to remedy the problem of many slaves in Tunis never having received the sacrament of confirmation. Without confirmation, many are in danger of renegading.
Additional comments
Date based on two letters sent by Jean Le Vacher in April 1655. See: APF SOCG 248, 299r-v, 301r (database item 449).
Jean Le Vacher
APF SOCG 248, 263r, 290v
[1655]
Addressed to PF
Italian
Petition
443
Origin: [Tunis]
Destination: Rome
Petition on behalf of Jean Le Vacher to PF, [1654]
Tunis
Petitions for faculties
CM petitions
Petition on behalf of Jean Le Vacher, vicar apostolic in Tunis, to PF asking for the renewal of his faculties of apostolic missionary, granted to him by a decree of 22 June 1648.
Date discussed 1654-07-13
Additional comments
Jean Le Vacher
APF SOCG 248, 262r, 291v
[1654]
Addressed to PF
For the minutes of the PF meeting where this matter was discussed, see: APF ACTA 23, 68r, 73r, issue 25 (database item 558).
Italian
Petition
442
Origin: [Tunis]
Destination: Rome
Petition on behalf of Jean Le Vacher to PF, [1653]
Tunis
Petitions for faculties
CM petitions
Slaves (Christian)
Petition on behalf of Jean Le Vacher, vicar apostolic in Tunis, to PF. He writes that there are many slaves in Tunis, but too few priests, meaning that not all slaves can easily attend mass (as they used to). Therefore he asks for the faculty that he, and one other priest appointed by him, may say mass three times a day on Sundays and on feast days.
Date discussed [1653-12-16]
Additional comments
Jean Le Vacher
APF SOCG 248, 260r, 293v
[1653]
Addressed to PF
For the minutes of the PF meeting where this matter was discussed, see: APF ACTA 22, 136r, 143r, issue 28 (database item 551).
Italian
Petition
441
Origin: [Tunis]
Destination: Rome
Petition on behalf of Jean Le Vacher to PF, [1652]
Tunis
Petitions for faculties
CM petitions
Slaves (Christian)
Petition on behalf of Jean Le Vacher, vicar apostolic in Tunis, to PF. He asks for three things: a) a new decree that clearly states that all members of religious orders (whether free or slaves), fall under his authority, and that he recieves the faculties to punish them with ecclesiastical censures if they refuse to obey; b) that all ceremonies other than the ones prescribed in the Roman liturgy be forbidden; and c) that he can grant other priest's the faculty of reading mass one hour before dawn, and one hour after midday, so that the many slaves who have to work from the break of day onwards, can attend mass. PF agrees to the first and third point, and order that nothing be changed with respect to the second.
Date discussed [1652-09-09]
Additional comments
Jean Le Vacher
APF SOCG 248, 264r-v, 289v
[1652]
Addressed to PF
For the minutes of the PF meeting where this matter was discussed, see: APF ACTA 21, 107r, 109r-v, issue 11 (database item 543).
Italian
Latin
Petition
444
Origin: [Tunis]
Destination: Rome
Petition on behalf of Jean Le Vacher to PF [1652]
Tunis
Petitions for faculties
CM petitions
Slaves (Christian)
Tripoli
Petition on behalf of Jean Le Vacher, vicar apostolic in Tunis to PF. He asks that his mission be extended to Tripoli, as had been the case for his predecessor Julien Guérin. Le Vacher wants to be able to visit Tripoli, since currently there are many Christian slaves and no missionaries there.
Date discussed [1652-12-09]
Additional comments
Jean Le Vacher
APF SOCG 248, 235r, 252v
[1652]
Addressed to PF
For the minutes of the PF meeting where this matter was discussed, see: APF ACTA 21, 127v, 134r-v, issue 20 (database item 544).
Italian
Petition
438
Origin: [Tunis]
Destination: Rome
Petition on behalf of Jean Le Vacher to PF [1650]
Tunis
CM petitions
Petition on behalf of Jean Le Vacher, missionary in Tunis to PF. He writes that by a decree of 22 June 1648 he was appointed vicar general of Monsignor Costaguti, the archbishop of Carthage. Yet on that decree instead of "Giovanni," "Philippo" was written. Jean Le Vacher now asks if this mistake can be changed, and if he may be appointed not vicar general (this office does not bring much authority, the people in the region do not even acknowledge the archbishop), but vicar apostolic. The petition was discussed on 7 August 1650. The decision of the cardinals is not mentioned in this document.
Date discussed 1650-08-07
Additional comments
Jean Le Vacher
APF SOCG 248, 195r, 200v
[1650]
Addressed to PF
For the minutes of the PF meeting where this matter was discussed, see: APF ACTA 19, 397r, 401r-v, issue 20 (database item 466).
Italian
Petition
436
Origin: [Tunis]
Destination: Rome