Two letters from Jean Le Vacher, most probably to the superior of CM house in Rome. He asks him to obtain the following from PF: a) the renewal of his faculties of vicar apostolic; b) the faculty to administer the sacrament of confirmation be…
Letter from a Discalced Augustinian, Fra Cherubino Della Vergine Maria, who had converted to Islam and then back to Catholicism. He asks to be pardoned for his error and requesting, among other things, that Philippe Le Vacher be granted the faculty…
The nuncio to France, Nicolò Guidi di Bagno, recommends Jean-François Mousnier and Toussaint Bourdaise for the Madagascar mission. The nuncio states that he approved and gave his blessing to the two at the end of the previous year, upon their…
Letter from the nuncio to France, Nicolò Guidi di Bagno to PF. He writes that Vincent de Paul, on behalf of Marshal de La Meilleraye (Charles de La Porte, duke of La Meilleraye, marshal of France), who is about to send ships to Madagascar, has been…
Petition on behalf of Vincent de Paul requesting permission to send three additional missionaries to Madagascar, namely: Claude Dufour, Nicolas Prevost, and François Feydin, seeing that a ship is ready to leave for the island. Vincent de Paul also…
Petition on behalf of Vincent de Paul asking PF to grant full missionary patents to Toussaint Bourdaise, who had been sent to Madagascar a few years before as companion for Jean-François Mousnier, (who in turn had been named apostolic missionary by…
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.
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…
Petition on behalf of Philippe Le Vacher, vicar apostolic in Algiers, to PF. He asks for a safe-conduct for the former Discalced Augustine Cherubino Della Vergine Maria, a renegade who wants to return to the Catholic faith. For this he needs to…
Letter from the nuncio to France, Nicolò Guidi di Bagno to PF, reporting that Gerard Brin has just left for Scotland, in order to check if the information coming from William Ballantyne about the progress of the mission is reliable; the nuncio writes…
Letter from the papal nuncio to France, Archbishop Nicolò Guidi di Bagno (titular archbishop of Athens) to PF, stating that the missionary priest Gherardo de Buin [Gérard Brin], has returned to Paris after having tried to go to Scotland, but been…
Petition on behalf of Claude Dufour requesting PF to accept him as a member of CM, despite his earlier statement that he wanted to become member of a religious order. Even though CM is not a religious order, they also have vows of poverty, chastity,…
Petition on behalf of Vincent de Paul, requesting faculties for two more priests that he would like to send to Madagascar on a ship that is scheduled to leave soon (this spring). The priests' names are François Herbron and François Boussordec.
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.
Petition on behalf of Philippe Le Vacher, vicar apostolic in Algiers to PF. He asks for the faculty to consecrate altar stones and chalices, as sometimes the chalices are either stolen by the Turks, or are gilded again; he also notes that there is…
Petition on behalf of Philippe Le Vacher, vicar apostolic in Algiers, to PF. He asks for the faculty to consecrate altar stones and chalices, as sometimes the chalices are either stolen by the Turks or are gilded again.
Petition [from CM] to PF. It recalls the fact that CM has been sending missionaries to Algiers and Tunis to help spiritually and materially the thousands of slaves in those cities, which they have been doing with great success. Since free priests are…
Petition on behalf of Vincent de Paul, in which he asks that Gabriele [Gabriel] Laudin and Marando Ignatio [Marant Ignace] Arnoul be declared apostolic missionaries in Madagascar, and receive the usual faculties. During the meeting of 26 February…
Petition on behalf of Philippe Le Vacher, apostolic vicar in Algiers to PF, asking for the renewal of his missionary faculties for another seven years. PF agrees (see PF notes on f. 51v). The petition is undated and unsigned.
Letter from three slave priests, Georgius Blancellus [Gregorio Bianchelli], Jacobo Vilar and Leonardus de Mediol’o [Leonardo da Milano], in which they accuse the vicar apostolic in Tunis, Philippe Le Vacher, of mischief and ask for help from PF.…
Copy of a letter from PF to the assessor of the Holy Office, in which the assessor is asked to propose the issue of prolonging the faculties of the Scottish missionaries, in the next meeting of the Congregation of the Holy Office with the pope. The…
Letter [from Edme Jolly, the superior in Rome?] to PF stating that some reliable men who were in Tunis, said that the apostolic vicar of Tunis, Philippe Le Vacher, is a most pious and charitable priest. Before his arrival, there where slave priests…
Letter from unnamed Christian slaves (secular and religious) in Tunis to PF. In their letter they complain about Jean Le Vacher, who became consul of the French nation without the permission of PF. They write that he treats them badly, and that he…
Petition on behalf of Vincent de Paul. He asks that since there are ships departing for Madagascar this autumn, Nicolò Etienne should be declared a missionary, in order for him to assist the other CM missionaries already in Madagascar. Underneath,…
Letter from two slaves in Tunis, Pauolo Cortarzo and Gio' Tomaso Cocchi (both from Rome), which states that some Turks (who are slaves in the domain of the pope in Malta) have written to Tunis that they have been forced to covert to Christianity. Now…
Petition on behalf of Vincent de Paul to PF, in which he reports that the last ship going to Madagasca has been put to sea, and that one of the four missionaries destined for the Madagascar mission could not make the trip. Vincent de Paul replaced…
Petition on behalf of Jean Le Vacher, vicar apostolic in Tunis, in which he asks for plenary indulgences for the feasts of the patron saints of the chapels in the bagnos of Tunis and Bizerte. Monsignor refuses to send them in two packages as was done…
Petition on behalf of the Scottish missionaries asking for the reconfirmation of the missionary faculties of the following missionaries, which will expire in 1660: Gulielmo Bannatino [William Ballantyne], Giouanni Valchero [John Walker], Giouanni…
Petition on behalf of Toussaint Bourdaise, François Feydin, François Boussordec and other CM missionaries in Madagascar to PF. They ask for several books to be sent.
Petition on behalf of William Ballantyne, prefect of the Scottish mission, to PF, asking for missionary faculties for some Irish priests who are willing to go to the mission in the Highlands, and are financially supported by some French "zealous…
