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Letter from Vincenzo Da Frascati to [the PF Secretary, Urbano Cerri], 1679-01-30, Tunis
Letter from Vincenzo Da Frascati to PF. Since there are many slave priests in Tunis, Le Vacher has written to them stating he believes it is a good idea to send some missionaries back to Christendom, since there is no longer any need for them. That…
Patents from Jean Le Vacher to Carlo D'Ancona, 1673-10-21, Algiers
Patents from Joannes LeVacher [Jean Le Vacher] for Carolo ab Ancona [Carlo D'Ancona]. Le Vacher declares Carlo D'Ancona apostolic missionary in Tunis. He also grants him the position of provicar apostolic in Tunis, and a provision for five years.
Petition on behalf of Brother Léonard to PF [1628], Paris
Petition on behalf of Brother Léonard. Faculties requested by the provincial of the Capuchins from the Paris province, so that their mission in that province may continue with good results, according to the suggestions of the nuncio to France. The…
Petition on behalf of Father Hyacinth to PF, [1633]
Petition on behalf of Father Hyacinth to PF requesting 20 new missionaries for the mission in the Levant, in order to replace the ones who are sick.
Petition on behalf of Father Hyacinth to PF, [1633]
Petition on behalf of Capuchin Father Hyacinth, requesting PF's confirmation of the "Company of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross," which he had established in Paris with the approval of the archbishop of Paris, with the main goal of converting…
Petition on behalf of Girolamo Da Sassari to PF, [1668]
Petition on behalf of Girolamo Da Sassari to PF, in which he asks to be given a more ample faculty to handle money (as a Capuchin, he is bound to the vow of poverty), so that he can govern the mission without scruples. He also asks to be given the…
Petition on behalf of Jean Le Vacher to PF, [1678]
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…
Petition on behalf of Luigi Da Palermo, [1677]
Petition on behalf of Luigi Da Palermo. He has been named vicar apostolic of Tunis, and vicar general of Carthage by Gio' Le Vascier [Jean Le Vascer]. During the year, he has written letters but had not recieved any answeres. He travelled to…
Petition on behalf of Luigi Da Palermo, [1677]
Petition on behalf of unknown to PF. Luigi Da Palermo sent a long letter explaining his situation. He has been enslaved in Algiers, and he postponed ransoming himself, in order to work all day and night for the poor souls. His [Capuchin] procurator…
Petition on behalf of Philippe-Emmanuel de Gondi to PF [1627]
Summary of petition submitted by Philippe-Emmanuel de Gondi, count of Joigny, general of Triremes, requesting PF to grant the Capuchins the license to hear confessions on the land of Joigny, because the inhabitants of the land are ignorant of…
Petition on behalf of the Republic of Venice to PF, [1675]
Because the republic of Venice has been very compassionate about her subjects that have been kept as slaves in Barbaria, she has decided to ransom some of them; this is why Venice wants to send Capuchins from her lands to these regions. For this…
Petition on behalf of the Venetian slaves in Algiers, Tunis and Tripoli, [1678]
Petition on behalf of Venetian slaves in Algiers, Tunis and Tripoli. They ask that PF allow two Capuchins per each city to handle financial matters, as they have nobody from their own region who they can rely on for their ransom. At present they have…
PF minutes, 1627-02-22, Rome
Minutes of SC general meeting allowing the Capuchins to hear the confessions not only of heretics, but also of Catholics (and to grant them indulgences) throughout France, with the exception of important towns and cities.
PF minutes, 1627-04-16, Rome
Minutes of PF general meeting discussing, among other things, the request by the Count of Joigny to grant the Capuchins from his town the faculty to hear the confessions of the town dwellers; PF asks for the opinion of the curia's procurator, who…
Tags: Capuchins, Destination:, France (missions in), Minutes, Origin: Rome, PF
PF minutes, 1627-06-05, Rome
Minutes of PF general meeting rejecting the request by the count of Joigny to allow the Capuchins to instruct, hear confessions, and teach the catechism to the soldiers and sailors working on the triremes under his control.
Tags: Capuchins, Destination:, France (missions in), Galleys, Minutes, Origin: Rome, PF
PF minutes, 1645-12-18, Rome
Minutes of PF general meeting discussing, among other issues, whether to grant Dominicus Raccus missionary faculties for Tunis. The subject was referred by Cardinal Ginetti and was based on a letter from two slaves from Tunis, who requested that the…
PF minutes, 1647-06-17, Rome
Minutes of PF general meeting discussing, among other things, the letter from Capuchin Pierre de Piviers regarding the idea of establishing a mission on the Isle of St. Lawrence (aka Madagascar), considering that French merchants go there regularly.…
Tags: Capuchins, Destination:, Discalced Carmelites, Madagascar, Minutes, Origin: Rome, PF
PF minutes, 1661-07-12, Rome
Minutes of the general meeting of PF, held on 12 July 1661, during which a petition by Marshal de La Meilleraye was discussed. He had previously asked for a bishop for Madagascar, but PF responded that the circumstances there did not allow for it.…
Tags: Capuchins, Destination:, Madagascar, Minutes, Origin: Rome, PF
PF minutes, 1670-11-10, Rome
Minutes of PF general meeting of 10 November 1670 discussing among other issues, letters from the Capuchin Girolamo Da Sassari, (vice prefect to Algiers), the Minor Observant Antonio Di Seravezza (who worked in Algiers without patents of PF), and…
PF minutes, 1672-05-30, Rome
Minutes of PF general meeting of 30 May 1672 discussing among other issues, a letter from the vicar apostolic of Algiers [Jean Le Vacher] from 13 November. He requests PF to decide among the following options: a) that the Capuchin Father Luigi Da…
Tags: Algiers, Capuchins, Destination:, Franciscans, Minutes, Origin: Rome, Petitions for faculties, PF, Ransom, Tunis
PF minutes, 1674-06-26, Rome
Minutes of PF general meeting of 26 June 1674 discussing among other issues, a letter from Carlo d'Ancona. Jean Le Vacher, vicar apostolic in Algiers, has sent him to be provicar in Tunis. D'Ancona reports on the state of the mission, and mentions…
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, 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, 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 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…
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 on the Scottish mission, 1674-07-21, [Rome]
Since it had been decided that everything discussed in the Congregazione Particulare (CP) also has to be reported to the Congregazione Generale, they have made a list of everything that was decided during the meeting of 21 July 1674, on Scotland.
a)…
Tags: Capuchins, Conversion, Jesuits, Origin:[Rome], PF, Report, Scotland, Visitation
Report on the Scottish mission, 1674-07-21, [Rome]
Report on the Scottish mission. In 1668, PF received a report on the Scottish mission from the prefect Alesandro Winstero [Alexander Winster]. This report was discussed during PF meeting of 27 September 1669. After this meeting, the affairs of the…
Report sent to PF [1639], Paris
Report on the "state of missions in the Province of Paris," with no particulars given (seems to refer to the Capuchins). Classification of types of missions. Folded inside the first folio there is another folio (same paper, same handwriting) on the…
Statement by Antonio Amarroty about the conflict between Antonio Di Seravezza and Jean Ambrozin, 1669-12-12, Marseille
Copy of a statement on behalf of Antonio Di Seravezza, a Minor Observant from Rome, who also served as vicar apostolic in Tunis and Tripoli for three years, after he received this authority by Girolamo Da Sassari. In September 1668 he left Tunis for…