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PF minutes, 1660-09-06, Rome
Minutes of PF general meeting of 6 September 1660 discussing among other issues, a request by the Marshal de La Meilleraye that a bishop and other priests may be appointed for the Madagascar mission; the request is heartily supported by the nuncio to…
PF minutes, 1650-09-06, Rome
Minutes of PF general meeting of 6 September 1650 discussing among other issues, a petition sent on behalf of Vincent de Paul, requesting that he may send some of his missionaries to Madagascar. The cardinals decide that he should present them to the…
PF minutes, 1660-06-28, Rome
Minutes of PF general meeting of 28 June 1660 discussing among other issues, a request of Philippe Le Vacher (vicar apostolic in Algiers), for more faculties. He hopes this will put a halt to the scandals and disorder caused by the many regular…
Tags: Algiers, Destination:, Minutes, Origin: Rome, Petitions for faculties, PF
PF minutes, 1660-04-20, Rome
Minutes of PF general meeting of 20 April 1660 discussing among other issues, the fact that Placido Du Chemin (who had been appointed coadjutor for the Church of Babylon), does not seem very suitable, as he does not answer and cooperate. The…
Tags: Babylon, Destination:, Minutes, Origin: Rome, PF
PF minutes, 1660-03-16, Rome
Minutes of PF general meeting of 16 March 1660 discussing among other issues, the fact that in Scotland there are many priests who do not recognize the superior of the mission, and cannot show their missionary patents, and all the disorder and…
Tags: Destination:, Minutes, Origin: Rome, PF, Scotland
PF minutes, 1660-02-23, Rome
Minutes of PF general meeting of 23 February 1660 discussing among other issues, a letter from Philippe Le Vacher, vicar apostolic in Algiers, who asks that all those religious in Algiers be subject to him, and that he may be granted faculties to…
PF minutes, 1660-02-23, Rome
Minutes of PF general meeting of 23 February 1660 discussing among other issues, a letter from Vincent de Paul in which he asks that instead of Charles Nacquart who has passed away, Toussaint Bourdaise may be appointed prefect of the Madagascar…
Tags: CM petitions, Destination:, Madagascar, Minutes, Origin: Rome, PF
PF minutes, 1659-12-02, Rome
Minutes of PF general meeting of 2 December 1659 discussing among other issues, William Ballantyne's petition. Ballantyne asks to be given 200 scudi, in order to repay the sum that he has borrowed to free himself from prison, where he had been kept…
Tags: Destination:, Minutes, Origin: Rome, PF, Scotland
PF minutes, 1659-12-02, Rome
Minutes of PF general meeting of 2 December 1659 discussing among other issues, William Ballantyne's petition. Ballyantyne asks for missionary faculties for some Irish priests who are willing to go to the mission in the Highlands, and who are…
Tags: Destination:, Minutes, Origin: Rome, Petitions for faculties, PF, Scotland
PF minutes, 1659-09-25, Rome
Minutes of PF general meeting of 25 September 1659 discussing among other issues, complaints from the Christian slaves in Tunis, who say that the Muslim slaves (who live on the pope's galleys or lands, as well as those held on Malta), have reported…
Tags: Conversion, Destination:, Galleys, Malta, Minutes, Origin: Rome, PF, Slaves (Christian & Muslim), Tunis
PF minutes, 1659-09-23, Rome
Minutes of PF general meeting of 23 September 1659 discussing among other issues, a petition by Vincent de Paul in which he presents another candidate for the Madagascar mission, Nicolò Etienne. Cardinal Guidi Di Bagno says that he is "worthy and…
Tags: Destination:, Madagascar, Minutes, Origin: Rome, PF
PF minutes, 1659-06-30, Rome
Minutes of PF general meeting of 30 June 1659 discussing among other issues, the salary that should be assigned to the newly appointed coadjutor of the bishopric of Babylon, Placido de Chemin. The cardinals decided to ask the nuncio to France to find…
Tags: Babylon, Destination:, Minutes, Origin: Rome, PF
PF minutes, 1659-05-27, Rome
Minutes of PF general meeting of 27 May 1659 discussing among other issues, a request by Vincent de Paul that he be allowed to replace one of the four missionaries that were destined for the Madagascar mission, with another priest called Pietro…
Tags: Destination:, Madagascar, Minutes, Origin: Rome, PF
PF minutes, 1659-05-27, Rome
Minutes of PF general meeting of 27 May 1659 discussing among other issues, the case of some secular priests called "I preti della Dottrina Christiana" [the priests of the Christian doctrine]. They would like to receive missionary faculties in order…
Preparatory notes regarding the visitation of the British Isles, [1658]
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…
Tags: Destination:, Ireland, Origin: [Rome], Scotland, Visitation
PF minutes, 1658-10-01, Rome
Minutes of PF general meeting of 1 October 1658 discussing among other issues, a letter from the archbishop of Tuam. He writes about the miserable state of the church in Ireland, due to constant persecutions. Nevertheless, in the province of Connacht…
PF minutes, 1658-10-01, Rome
Minutes of PF general meeting of 1 October 1658 discussing among other issues, a petition sent on behalf of John Walker. He had to go to Paris after being in prison for a certain period; he had asked for a provision for the time he spent outside the…
Tags: Destination:, Minutes, Origin:, PF, Scotland, Scottish Catholics abroad
PF minutes, 1658-10-01, Rome
Minutes of PF general meeting of 1 October 1658 discussing among other issues, a petition by the procurator of the Scottish mission [William Lesley], who asks for the renewal of the faculties, and the continuation of the provisions for the Scottish…
Tags: Destination:, Minutes, Origin: Rome, Petitions for faculties, PF, Scotland
PF minutes, 1658-07-11, Rome
Minutes of PF general meeting of 11 July 1658 (in the presence of the pope), discussing among other issues, several complaints from two secular slave priests, and one Minor Observant in Tunis [Gregorio Bianchelli, Jacobo Vilar and Leonardo da…
PF minutes, 1658-05-13, Rome
Minutes of PF general meeting of 13 May 1658 discussing among other issues, the request by a group of secular French priests who having already lived together for eight years, had formed a sort of seminary, where they are trained for the missions.…
PF minutes, 1658-05-13, Rome
Minutes of PF general meeting of 13 May 1658 discussing among other issues, the request by John Walker that he be given the usual provision of 50 scudi per year, now that he is back in the mission. The cardinals will grant the requested provision…
PF minutes, 1658-03-21, Rome
Minutes of PF general meeting of 21 March 1658 discussing among other issues, the request by Vincent de Paul that the following candidates be appointed missionaries in Madagascar: Carlo [Charles] le Blanc, Pietro d'Auroult [Pierre Daveroult], and…
Tags: Destination:, Madagascar, Minutes, Origin: Rome, PF
PF minutes, 1658-02-18, Rome
Minutes of PF general meeting of 18 February 1658 discussing among other issues, the missions in Poland. The nuncio to Poland writes that the missionaries never report anything to him. He also proposes the foundation of a college to educate the…
Tags: Destination:, Jesuits, Minutes, Origin: Rome, PF, Poland
PF minutes, 1658-02-18, Rome
Minutes of PF general meeting of 18 February 1658 discussing among other issues, a letter about the great rise of pious initiatives in France, by a certain Du Plessis. He writes about several successes: how Jansenism is being fought, that there are…
PF minutes, 1657-12-03, Rome
Minutes of PF general meeting of 3 December 1657 discussing among other issues, the request by Philippe Le Vacher, vicar apostolic in Algiers, for the renewal of his missionary faculties for another seven years. The cardinals agree to it.
PF minutes, 1657-11-17, Rome
Minutes of PF general meeting of 17 November 1657 in the presence of the pope, discussing among other issues, who should become the coadjutor of the bishop of Babylon. PF secretary [Mario Alberizzi] recounts the earlier decisions that were taken on…
Tags: Babylon, Destination:, Discalced Carmelites, Minutes, Origin: Rome, PF
PF minutes, 1657-11-12, Rome
Minutes of PF general meeting of 12 November 1657 discussing among other issues, the request by the procurator general of the Discalced Augustinians. They ask PF to write a letter of recommendation for Father Benedict of St. Anna, to Jean Le Vacher,…
Tags: Destination:, Minutes, Origin: Rome, Other religious orders, PF, Tunis
PF minutes, 1657-11-12, Rome
Minutes of PF general meeting of 12 November 1657 discussing among other issues, the request by the prefect of the Scottish mission, William Ballantyne, that he be given the faculty to consecrate chalices and altar stones. This is an urgent request,…
PF minutes, 1657-11-12, Rome
Minutes of PF general meeting of 12 November 1657 discussing among other issues, the request by Vincent de Paul that the vicars apostolic in Tunis and Algiers, may be allowed to exercise the office of consul in these cities. He sees no other…
Tags: Algiers, Destination:, Minutes, Origin: Rome, Petitions for faculties, PF, Tunis
PF minutes, 1657-11-12, Rome
Minutes of PF general meeting of 12 November 1657 discussing, among other issues, the request by two CM missionaries working in the Hebrides (one of them is Francis White; the other probably Dermot Duiguin), that their faculties be renewed. PF…