Letter from PF to the nuncio to France [Nicolò Guidi di Bagno], 1648-07-20, Rome
Madagascar
Discalced Carmelites
Petitions for missionary patents
Petitions for faculties
Copy of a letter from PF to the nuncio to France, Nicolò Guidi di Bagno. The cardinals have accepted the apology of Vincent de Paul regarding the mission of Madagascar, and they have also conceded the mission to the two priests going there, as can be seen from the decree and faculties attached. However, they want the nuncio to keep the papers for a while, and see first if other merchants are willing to take the Discalced Carmelites with them to Madagascar. Nevertheless, the nuncio has already confered the necessary faculties to the two priests to hear confession and administer the sacraments, so that they do not travel in vain. The letter dated 20 July 1648.
Additional comments
PF
APF Lettere 26, 79v-80r
1648-07-20
Addressed to [Nicolò Guidi di Bagno]
Italian
Letter
375
Origin: Rome
Destination: [France]
Letter from PF to the nuncio to France [Nicolò Guidi di Bagno], 1648-03-23, Rome
Algiers
Copy of a letter from PF to the nuncio to France, Nicolò Guidi di Bagno. The nuncio is asked to inform Vincent de Paul that the cardinals decided to assign the mission of Algiers to Jean Le Vacher and Jacques Lesage.
Additional comments
PF
APF Lettere 26, 34v-35r
1648-03-23
Addressed to [Nicolò Guidi di Bagno]
Italian
Letter
373
Origin: Rome
Destination: [France]
Letter from PF to Nicolò Guidi di Bagno, 1647-12-14, Rome
Tunis
Algiers
Plague
Letter from PF to the nuncio to France, Nicolò Guidi di Bagno, asking the nuncio to report information on additional CM missionaries to be sent to the Barbary Coast: a) Jean Le Vacher as a companion for Julien Guérin in Tunis; and b) J Jacques Lesage to replace the recently deceased Boniface Nouelly (by the plague). As soon as Vincent de Paul decides on a third missionary, destined to accompany Jacques Lesage to Algiers, information about this third missionary should be referred to PF.
Additional comments
PF
APF LETTERE 25, 138r-v
1647-12-14
Addressed to Nicolò Guidi di Bagno
This letter covers the same topic as another one, written just five days later: APF LETTERE 25, 137v (database item 161).
Contemp. copy; not signed; Italian
Italian
Letter
162
Origin: Rome
Destination: [France]
Letter from PF to Nicolò Guidi di Bagno, 1647-12-09, Rome
Tunis
Algiers
Plague
Letter sent from PF to the nuncio to France, Nicolò Guidi di Bagno, asking the nuncio to report information on additional CM missionaries to be sent to the Barbary Coast: a) Jean Le Vacher as a companion for Julien Guérin in Tunis; and b) Jacques Lesage to replace the recently deceased Boniface Nouelly (by the plague).
Additional comments
PF
APF LETTERE 25, 137v
1647-12-09
Addressed to Nicolò Guidi di Bagno
This letter covers the same topic as another one, written just five days before: APF LETTERE 25, 138r-v (database item 162).
Contemp. copy; not signed; Italian
Italian
Letter
161
Origin: Rome
Destination: [France]
Letter from PF to Nicolò Guidi di Bagno, 1646-02-27, Rome
Babylon
Christophe Authier
Copy of letter from PF to the nuncio to France, Nicolò Guidi di Bagno, asking him to discuss the position of coadjutor with the bishop of Babylon, regarding Christophe Authier who has been nominated by PF as a suitable candidate. PF asks the nuncio to see if Authier is interested, and if not, to nominate in his stead one of his congregation members from either France or Avignon.
Additional comments
PF
APF LETTERE 24, 34v-35r
1646-02-27
Addressed to Nicolò Guidi di Bagno
Contemp. copy; not signed; Italian
Italian
Letter
160
Origin: Rome
Destination: [France]
Letter from PF to Ranuccio Scotti, 1640-02-11, Rome
CM petitions
France (missions in)
Petitions for faculties
Letter from PF to the nuncio to France, Ranuccio Scotti, regarding CM petition for "reformed faculties for France" (filed in 1640), asking for information about the usefulness and progress of CM, and the nuncio's opinion about their request.
Additional comments
The Vincentiana edition was not consulted for the purposes of this database.
PF
APF LETTERE 20, 9v-10r
Vincentiana [1973], p. 113 (see P. Coste, ed., Saint Vincent de Paul: correspondance, entretiens, documents(Paris: 1920-25), vol. 13a, doc. 85c, p. 311, fn. 2).
1640-02-11
Addressed to Ranuccio Scotti
See for the two petitions: APF SOCG 401, 587r, 594v (database item 155) and APF SOCG 401 590r, 591v (database item 156).
Contemp. copy; not signed; Italian
Italian
Letter
157
Origin: Rome
Destination: [France]
Letter from PF to the nuncio to France, Alessandro Bichi, 1633-10-08, Rome
CEC
France (missions in)
Letter from PF to the nuncio to France, Giovanni Francesco Guidi di Bagno, in Paris regarding the Confraternity of the Exaltation of the Saint Cross, established by Father "Giacinto da Parigi Cappucino." PF amended the statutes of the confraternity and is sending them to the nuncio for his opinion. After consultation with the nuncio the statutes ("constitutiones") will be inserted in the Apostolic Breve meant for the said Father. The statutes themselves were not filed in this volume.
Additional comments
PF
APF LETTERE 13, 113v-114
1633-10-08
Addressed to Alessandro Bichi
Contemp. copy; not signed; Italian
Italian
Letter
41
Origin: Rome
Destination: [France]
Letter from PF to the nuncio to France, Giovanni Francesco Guidi di Bagno, 1629-02-08, Rome
Cardinal rings
Letter from PF to the nuncio to France, Giovanni Francesco Guidi di Bagno, in Paris about various matters; the last part refers to the cardinal ring issue. PF gives a negative response to the nuncio's suggestion (following the archbishop's request) that PF ask the pope to grant relief from the archbishop's obligation to pay the overdue annate for an abbey he had administered for several years, in return for his paying the cardinal ring fee. PF did not find it "convenient" to ask His Holiness for this favor as a way to convince the archbishop to pay the cardinal fee. PF instructs the nuncio to talk again with the archbishop about the matter and try to convince him to pay for the ring, and then that he (the nuncio) should write again to PF, who will try to see what the pope can do to "give him satisfaction," all the while reminding the archbishop that he should 'ease his conscience' and pay the overdue annate.
Additional comments
PF
APF LETTERE 8, 24v-25v
1629-02-08
Addressed to Giovanni Francesco Guidi di Bagno
Contemp. copy; not signed; Italian
Italian
Letter
40
Origin: Rome
Destination: [France]
Letter from PF to the nuncio to France, Giovanni Francesco Guidi di Bagno, 1628-09-30, Rome
CM petitions
France (missions in)
Letter from PF to the nuncio to France, Giovanni Francesco Guidi di Bagno, in Paris, letting him know that the cardinals have already decided on the matter of CM, as already announced in the letter written on 1 September 1628.
Additional comments
PF
APF LETTERE 7, 136r-v
Fragment relevant to CM 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 62-64 (no discrepancies between the document and Coppo's transcript, except for minor orthographic and punctuation changes). English translation in P. Coste, ed., Saint Vincent de Paul: Correspondence, Conferences, Documents (Brooklyn, NY: 1985-2010), vol. 13a, doc. 73c.
1628-09-30
Addressed to Giovanni Francesco Guidi di Bagno
Contemp. copy; not signed; Italian
Italian
Letter
39
Origin: Rome
Destination: [France]
Letter from PF to the nuncio to France, Giovanni Francesco Guidi di Bagno, 1628-09-01, Rome
CM petitions
France (missions in)
Letter from PF to the nuncio to France, Giovanni Francesco Guidi di Bagno, in Paris, informing him of the cardinals' decision to reject the (second) CM petition of that year, which had requested PF to confirm the establishment of CM as a congregation of missionaries.
Additional comments
PF
APF LETTERE 7, 119r-v
Published in full 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 51-53 (no discrepancies between the document and Coppo's transcript, except for a change from singular "la scrittura" to plural "le scritture"). English translation in Coste En. XIIIa, doc. 73a.
1628-09-01
Addressed to Giovanni Francesco Guidi di Bagno
Contemp. copy; not signed; Italian
Italian
Letter
38
Origin: Rome
Destination: [France]
Letter from PF to the nuncio to France, Giovanni Francesco Guidi di Bagno, 1627-11-13, Rome
CM petitions
France (missions in)
Letter from PF to the nuncio to France, asking him to let Vincent de Paul know that PF approved his mission.
Additional comments
PF
APF LETTERE 6, 172r-v
Published in full 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): 222-255, here 242-245 (no notable discrepancies between the document and Coppo's transcript). English translation in P. Coste, ed., Saint Vincent de Paul: Correspondence, Conferences, Documents (Brooklyn, NY:1985-2010), vol. 13a, doc. 65c.
1627-11-13
Addressed to Giovanni Francesco Guidi di Bagno
Contemp. copy; not signed; Italian
Italian
Letter
37
Origin: Rome
Destination: [France]
Letter from PF to the nuncio to France, Giovanni Francesco Guidi di Bagno, 1627-06-11, Rome
CM petitions
France (missions in)
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 the decree.
Additional comments
PF
APF LETTERE 6, 82r
Published in full 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 236-237 (no notable discrepancies between the document and Coppo's transcript). English translation in P. Coste, ed., Saint Vincent de Paul: Correspondence, Conferences, Documents (Brooklyn, NY: 1985-2010), vol. 13a, doc. 63a.
1627-06-11
Addressed to Giovanni Francesco Guidi di Bagno
Contemp. copy; not signed; Italian
Italian
Letter
36
Origin: Rome
Destination: [France]
Letter from PF to the nuncio to France, Giovanni Francesco Guidi di Bagno, 1627-05-28, Rome
Cardinal rings
Letter from PF to the nuncio to France, Giovanni Francesco Guidi di Bagno, letting him know about the response of the archbishop of Paris to Cardinal Bentivoglio (attached on a separate paper and filed not in this volume, but in the SOCG collection), regarding the cardinal ring fee issue. PF, in the presence of the pope, decided to write the following to the nuncio: a) that the archbishop's argument that the late Cardinal de Retz was not supposed to pay the cardinal ring fee is not valid, because Cardinals Gusman of Spain and Richelieu of France paid it, even though they had not received the capello (the cardinal hat); b) the nuncio should try to see if the ring fee could be obtained from the owners of the late Cardinal de Retz's property, since the archbishop and the other relatives are excusing themselves by saying that they are not his heirs. Prehaps in this manner, they would have decide to pay it.
Additional comments
PF
APF LETTERE 6, 70v
1627-05-28
Addressed to Giovanni Francesco Guidi di Bagno
Contemp. copy; not signed; Italian
Italian
Letter
35
Origin: Rome
Destination: [France]
Letter from PF to the nuncio to France, Bernardino Spada, 1627-03-13, Rome
Cardinal rings
Letter from PF to Cardinal Spada, letting him know that the cardinals of PF do not think it is a good idea that the pope write a letter to the archbishop of Paris asking him to pay the cardinal ring fee. Instead, PF asks Cardinal Bentivogli to write the archbishop an "effective" letter, hoping that it would produce the desired results, together with the efforts of Cardinal Spada himself, especially considering the success that he [Cardinal Spada] had had with Cardinal de Sourdis on a similar matter. PF also asks Cardinal Spada to remind Cardinal de La Valette about his promise to pay for his own cardinal ring, and about the fact that many other French cardinals have already paid their dues. The second part of letter refers to Gabriel Sionita.
Additional comments
PF
APF LETTERE 6, 34v-35r
1627-03-13
Addressed to Bernardino Spada
Contemp. copy; not signed; Italian
Italian
Letter
34
Origin: Rome
Destination: [France]
Letter from PF to the nuncio to France, Bernardino Spada, 1627-01-23, Rome
Cardinal rings
Letter from PF to Cardinal Spada, letting him know about the decision taken in the general congregation held on the 15 January 1627, which instructs him to convince the archbishop of Paris to have the heirs of the late Cardinal de Retz pay the fee for the cardinal ring. The letter suggests that Cardinal Spada mention the names of Cardinals de Sourdis, "Ricoglieu" and "Marimont," who have paid their dues, as examples to be followed. The second part of the letter deals with Gabriel Sionita.
Additional comments
PF
APF LETTERE 6, 3v-4r
1627-01-23
Addressed to Bernardino Spada
Contemp. copy; not signed; Italian
Italian
Letter
33
Origin: Rome
Destination: [France]
Letter from the PF secretary [Francesco Ingoli] to the nuncio to France [Nicolò Guidi di Bagno], 1648-04-20, Rome
Madagascar
Discalced Carmelites
Petitions for missionary patents
Petitions for faculties
Copy of a letter from PF to the nuncio to France, Nicolò Guidi di Bagno. The cardinals dislike the fact that he asked for faculties and instructions for two priests who are going with some French merchants to Madagascar, since PF wants to avoid missionaries going to the missions without the prior consent of PF. Moreover, the Discalced Carmelites had already been approached for this mission. The letter dated 20 April 1648.
Additional comments
PF [Francesco Ingoli]
APF Lettere 26, 48r-v
1648-04-20
Addressed to [Nicolò Guidi di Bagno]
Italian
Letter
374
Origin: Rome
Destination: [France]
Letter from Philippe-Emmanuel de Gondi to Bernardino Spada [1627]
Galleys
Capuchins
France (missions in)
Galleys
The general of the triremes (Philippe-Emmanuel de Gondi) asks Cardinal Spada to obtain a brief from the pope ordering the superior of the Capuchins of Provence to send thirteen priests "to instruct, hear confessions and teach the catechism to the captains, soldiers and sailors of said triremes," in Tollon as well as in other places where the triremes would go. The Fathers have been doing their mission on the triremes for one or two years already and they say they cannot continue to do so without a brief. The PF notes on f. 140v indicate that Ingoli was going to discuss the matter with Barberini, and that there was a negative response to the request, given in June 1627.
Date discussed 1627-02-20 and 1627-06-08
Additional comments
a) Cardinal Spada was leaving the French nunciature that year, and was therefore probably somewhere in France, possibly Paris, at the beginning of 1672.
b) Petition discussed twice by PF.
Philippe-Emmanuel de Gondi
APF SOCG 129, 140r-141r
[1627]
Addressed to Bernardino Spada
See for the pope's rejection of the request: APF ACTA 4, 208, 237 (database item 45)
For the approval: APF ACTA 17, 164 (not in this database).
See also similar request in APF SOCG 387, 142r, 148v (database item 28).
Original; undated; no signature; French on 140r (followed by Italian translation on 141r); verso of folio 140 contains PF notes in Latin and Italian; 141v has following note: "Avignon".
French
Italian
Latin
Letter
6
Origin: [France]
Destination: [France]
Letter to [the nuncio to France, Nicolò Guidi di Bagno] to the PF secretary [Dionisio Massari], [1650]
Scotland
Letter to the nuncio to France, Nicolò Guidi di Bagno. The nuncio is asked to write to PF describing the difficult situation of the Catholic missionaries in Scotland because of persecution, poverty, the absence of protection and scarcity of priests. The author asks that the nuncio ask for an annual pension for six priests who plan to go there, and especially for two of them who are departing immediately: Gulielmo Bannatisno [William Ballantyne], who has been in Scotland and testifies that these matters are true, and Andrea [Andrew] Hay.
Additional comments
Date based on the time that Ballantyne went to Scotland for the first time, which was in 1650.
Unknown
APF SOCG 297, 256r
[1650]
Addressed to Nicolò Guidi di Bagno
Original, unsigned and undated
Italian
Letter
295
Origin: Rome
Destination: [France]
Letter from CM Superior Vincent de Paul to the nuncio to France, Nicolò Guidi di Bagno, 1656-07-12, [Paris], Saint Lazare
Levant
Letter from Vincent de Paul to the nuncio to France, Nicolò Guidi di Bagno. In the letter, Vincent de Paul says he is surprised but very grateful for the honor paid to his congregation, by the fact that PF cardinals have asked him to offer one of the members of CM to such an important task, the mission to Lebanon; Vincent de Paul proposes Thomas Bérthe, and it is noted that some of the cardinals already know him, because he was superior of CM house in Rome (1653-5). A modern note on f. 241v, dated "14 December '90" states that the original letter was given to the prince of Torlonia.
Additional comments
According to Coste, the original was given to the prince of Torlonia on 15 December 1890 by PF secretary. The copy is now held at the house of the Filles de la Charité, who run the Conservatorio Torlonia in Rome. P. Coste, ed., Saint Vincent de Paul: correspondance, entretiens, documents (Paris: 1920-25), vol. 6, doc. 2097. From a letter from Vincent de Paul to Edme Jolly (Coste, vol. 6, doc. 2099) it is apparent that PF asked for a candidate for a mission to Lebanon. The proposal never materialized in a CM mission.
The letter says "Di San Lazaro." Saint Lazare was the most important CM house, located in Paris.
Vincent de Paul
APF SOCG 200, 240r-v, 241v
The Italian text and a French translation can be found in P. Coste, ed., Saint Vincent de Paul: correspondance, entretiens, document (Paris: 1920-25), vol. 6, doc. 2097.
1656-07-12
Addressed to Nicolò Guidi di Bagno
Copy, signed and dated
Italian
Letter
310
Origin: [Paris]
Destination: [France]
Letter from William Ballantyne to the nuncio to France [Celio Piccolomini], 1661-07-11, Aberdeen
Scotland
Letter from William Ballantyne to the nuncio to France, Celio Piccolomini. He tells about the need for money and missionaries, in order to not let the missionary work in the Highlands and the Hebrides be completed in vain. He proposes Francis White and his brother [John White], Jo’ Borgo [John Borough?], Maksuini [John MacSwiney?], and Carlo Horano [Charles Horan?] as missionaries. Ballantyne also asks for a house in which sick or old missionaries can retire, and for more discipline in the Scottish Colleges so that in the future there will be new missionaries for this mission. The letter signed and dated 11 July 1661.
Date discussed, 1661-11-14
Additional comments
William Ballantyne
APF SOCG 308, 159r-160v, 161v
1661-07-11
Addressed to [Celio Piccolomini]
For the letter of Nuncio Piccolomini, accompanying this letter, see: APF SOCG 308, 158r (database item 327).
Original, signed and dated
Italian
Letter
328
Origin: Aberdeen
Destination: [France]
Letter from William Ballantyne to the nuncio to France, Celio Piccolomini, 1661-02-18, Aberdeen
Scotland
Other secular missionaries
Copy of a letter from William Ballantyne to the nuncio to France, Celio Piccolomini. Ballantyne writes about the laws recently issued by the Scottish Parliament against Catholics, and about the need of provisions and priests for the Highlands. The French congregation who first supported four Irish priests in this region has ceased to do so for unknown reasons. There are already four candidates: Carlo Horan [Charles Horan?], Francis White and his brother [John White], Giouanni Borgo [John Borough?] and Giouanni Maksuini [John MacSwiney?]. The letter is dated 18 February 1661, and the nuncio probably forwarded the letter to Rome on the 29 April. The letter was read during the PF meeting on 9 May 1661.
Date discussed, 1661-05-09
Additional comments
William Ballantyne
APF SOCG 308, 155r-156r, 157v
1661-02-18
Addressed to Celio Piccolomini
Copy, signed and dated
Italian
Letter
326
Origin: Aberdeen
Destination: [France]