Petition on behalf of Vincent de Paul asking to appoint Toussaint Bourdaise, as the new prefect of the Madagascar mission, following the death of the previous prefect, Charles Nacquart. The petition mentions that Bourdaise had already been declared…
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…
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.
Part of a letter from Thomas Lumsden to PF in which he asks again for a house for the retired Scottish missionaries, which would greater the possibility of sending more missionaries to the area.
Petition on behalf of the Trinitarians in Algiers. They ask: a) that they may keep the Holy sacrament in their hospitals; and b) that they may be exempted from obeying the vicar apostolic (Jean Le Vacher), as he wants them to receive non-Catholics in…
Petition on behalf of the Scottish missionaries to PF. They ask for the faculties of prefect for Alessandro Vinstero [Alexander Winster], and for the missionary faculties for the following missionaries: Dauid Burnetto [David Burnet], Franc'o Macdonel…
Petition on behalf of several priests of Calvaire, Bétharram, in the diocese of Lescar, requesting permission to establish a congregation of 24 priests under the title of the Blessed Virgin of the Mount Calvary. 15 years ago a miraculous image of the…
Petition on behalf of René Alméras to PF, asking for missionary status for Jacques de la Fosse, Robert Menan, Claude de la Salle, Maximilien François Cuveron [or Cuvron] (all priests of CM), and Michel Manie (lay brother). Alméras asks for prefect…
Petition on behalf of René Alméras asking for missionary faculties for seven new missionaries for Madagascar: Pierre Cabel, Charles Boussordec, Jacob Le Cointe, Louis Bourot, Pierre Grissard, Sebastien Maquet, and Charles Le Gay. Although no news has…
Petition on behalf of René Alméras to PF, mentioning the six missionaries who had been recently accepted by PF for the island of Madagascar. The petition mentions that the ships have not yet set sail. Taking advantage of the delay, Alméras would like…
Petition on behalf of René Alméras, requesting missionary status for François Brision, member of CM, so that he can serve the mission of Madagascar with the other CM missionaries. PF meeting of 9 November 1665 agrees with the request, and orders that…
Petition on behalf of René Alméras, requesting missionary status for Guiglielmo [Guillaume] Bonable, priest of the diocese of St. Malò in France, in order for him to serve the mission of Madagascar, together with the group of missionaries who are…
Petition on behalf of René Alméras, requesting to add another missionary to the group preparing to leave for Madagascar (see database item 285), considering that the ships have not yet set sail. The name of the priest is Giacomo [Jacques] Bruchan,…
Petition on behalf of René Alméras to PF, asking for the appointment of Jean Jourdie, Gaspar Gonon, Martin Ignace Roguet, Egidio [Gilles] Le Merer, Dionisio [Denis] Le Cornier, Filibert Fardel, Charles Le Roy, Gasparo Stella (all priests of the CM),…
Petition on behalf of René Alméras. Alméras writes that there are not enough priests left in Madagasca since Nicolas Etienne, the previous prefect, has been killed, another missionary has left the island and a third has drowned. He therefore asks for…
Petition on behalf of René Alméras to PF, in which he asks for the appointment of Marin Ignace Roguet as prefect for the Madagascar mission, since the two previous prefects Nicolas Etienne and Michel Maniè have since both died. He also asks for the…
Three letters from Raymond de Lisle (or Delisle) Try, canon in Avignon, complaining against the "Fathers of the Mission." The letters refer to Christophe Authier's administration of the college in Avignon. The complaint has to do with the lack of…
Letter from Pietro Bargellini. The vicar apostolic of Carthage [Antonio Di Seravezza] complained about the behaviour of the consul of France in Tunis [Jean Ambrozin], as described in the original letter by Di Seravezza that Bargellini sent to PF. He…
Petition on behalf of Pierre Gallais (Galaiz), member of CM and head of a mission of 12 CM priests in Sedan, requesting the faculties usually granted by PF to prefects of missions. PF note on f. 339v indicates that the cardinals decided to contact…
Letter from the Capuchin Pierre de Piviers to Cardinal Capponi requesting a salvoconduct for a number of Capuchin missionaries. At the end of Piviers' letter there is a note suggesting to send a mission to Madagascar, as there are rich and affluent…
Pierre de Piviers writes to PF that it is very harmful for the mission in Madagascar, that a Huguenot is captain of the French fortress. He asks that Luigi Capponi write to the queen of France, and to Cardinal Mazzarin, requesting that they change…
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.
Petition on behalf of Philippe Le Vacher, apostolic vicar in Algiers, to PF. According to Philippe Le Vacher, a number of religious persons cause much scandal in Algiers, by refusing to obey him and obstructing him in his task. Therefore he asks for…
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 Philippe Le Vacher, missionary in Algiers to PF. He asks that PF send a letter to Monsignor Costaguti, Archbishop of Carthage, requesting the archbishop to appoint Philippe Le Vacher (or another candidate) as vicar general of…
Petition on behalf of Philippe Le Vacher to PF. He asks to be appointed vicar apostolic of Algiers, in order to be able to remedy the current disorders among the slave priests in the city. The petition was discussed in a general meeting of the…
Petition on behalf of Philippe Le Vacher, vicar apostolic in Algiers, to PF. He asks for a plenary indulgence for the four chapels of Algiers on their respective feast days. Moreover, he asks for the indulgence for all Christians in his regions,…
