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Report from the Scottish mission, with the names of the missionaries and a short description of their activities: Giovanni Smitteo [John Smith] studied in Rome and Paris, and is working near the border between Scotland and England. Guglielmo…

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Summary of reports from the years 1652-1655 by Francis White, Thomas Lumsden and Dermot Duiguin to Vincent de Paul (translated from French to Italian). The summary principally reports the work of Duiguin and White in the Hebrides; they state in the…

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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…

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Anonymous report with news about various Franciscan, Capuchin, Jesuit, and Carmelite missionaries to Pegu and Persia, Africa and India; in Madagascar there is just one missionary left because his companion died. The report also states that Marshal de…

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Relation on the mission of Madagascar. On the island of Madagascar there are four priests and six brothers, who are all part of CM. At the moment they are all in good health, as has been written in the letters dated 6 March 1669. They are all helping…

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Summary of the main requests drawn from a long report on the spiritual state of Scotland: a) the first request regards a provision for CM priest Francis White [written ‘Bianchi’]; b) the second request asks that the kings of France and Spain support…

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Summary of the state of Scotland including many suggestions from the procurator of the Scottish mission, William Lesley. The summary states: a) there is need of missionaries for the Highlands and the Hebrides who are able to speak Gaelic. The brother…

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Summary of the mission reports from the Scottish missionaries. It is a general report about the ongoing problems of the Scottish mission and the steps already taken by PF. The main issue is the chronic lack of priests, and although PF has done much…

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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,…

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PF summary regarding a propsal to visit the Scotish mission, as discussed in a previous PF general meeting. The cardinals gave the task to search for a candidate for the visit, to Barberini who refused to go himself. The procurator of the Scottish…

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Letter from Guillelmus Viellescases, a CM priest. He asks that the cardinals should not permit that the authority of Lambert Duchesne CM, who is vicar apostolic of Tunis and Algiers, be undermined by anyone.

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From 1648 to 1666, ships were sent at different times to Madagascar, with CM priests who had been granted the usual faculties by PF. The first ship brought Carlo Naquart [Charles Nacquart] and Nicolo Gondré [Nicolas Gondrée], and the second brought…

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Several documents regarding Scottish Catholics in Paris, recommended to PF by the archbishop of Paris and the oratory; also a recommendation by Richelieu and de Bérulle in favor of Father Thompson who wanted to go to England to serve the queen.

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Nicolas Etienne, CM priest, French by birth, was sent to Madagascar in 1662, and arrived there on 29 september 1663. He informed René Alméras of the success of his work in a letter of 15 January 1664. His works should earn him the title of martyr. He…

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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…

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SCER meeting discussing, among other topics, the establishment of the Congregation of Priests of the Christian Doctrine in Paris and their request for approval. Rules of electing the General are mentioned, and approved.

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Minutes of SCER meeting discussing, among other topics, the union of CM with St. Lazare. Decision is positive providing the pope agrees.

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Statement from Raimondo Zanforte, Dominico Fiarchetti and Giacomo Cadenado. They attest that Gio' Valker [John Walker] has come to Padua, after he had lost movement in the left side of his body four years ago. Not only to give him back his movement…

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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.

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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…

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Minutes of PF general meeting discussing, among other things, the issue of the cardinal fee due by the heirs of the late Cardinal de Retz.

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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.

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Minutes of PF general meeting discussing, among other things, the first petition for approval of the CM. PF asks for more information from the nuncio.

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Minutes of PF general meeting discussing a letter from the nuncio to France, Giovanni Francesco Guidi di Bagno, who let the cardinals know that the archbishop of Paris had promised to pay the overdue cardinal fee of his late brother. See the attached…

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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").

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Minutes of PF general meeting rejecting CM's first 1628 petition.

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PF deems it inappropriate to convince the archbishop of Paris to pay the fee for the cardinal ring of his late brother, by waving the annate overdue for a certain abbey that the archbishop had been administering for seven years. PF decides to…

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Minutes of PF general meeting mentioning, among other topics, that the fee for the cardinal ring of the late Cardinal de Retz was paid (supposedly by the archbishop of Paris, but he is not mentioned) thanks to the efforts of Cardinal of Balneo, the…

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Minutes of PF general meeting mentioning the congregation that Father Hyacinth from Paris wants to establish and its statutes (to be examined by PF).

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Minutes of particular congregation ("congregatio particularis"), assembled at the pope's order, in order to discuss the statutes of CEC. Amendments proposed chapter by chapter. F. 264r: "Fuit ex speciali mandato S'mi D.N. Cong. part'ris super…

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