Petition on behalf of Vincent de Paul and the first CM missionaries to Pope Urban VIII for the establishment of their congregation; a note on 52v shows that the request was presented by Cardinal Bentivoglio in the PF general meeting of 22 August…
Second petition on behalf of CM requesting approval in 1628; it repeats the demands of the first petition and adds two new clauses (singled out in the PF notes on 62r). The additions underline that: a) the priests would do their work free of charge;…
Petition filed on behalf of Vincent de Paul, requesting that he be granted unspecified "reformed faculties for France," with the capacity to transmit faculties to further members of CM, after having those individuals approved by theologians adjoined…
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…
This is not a visitation report, but a complaint from the bishop of Soissons about the dean and clerics of the church in Soissons, who claim exemption from his jurisdiction. The bishop requests the congregation to help establish and clarify his…
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 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…
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.
Letter from SCC regarding the petition of "union" submitted by the bishop of Toul on 23 August 1670. SCC is asking for information on future developments.
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…
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…
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…
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…
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.
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…
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").
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…
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.
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…
Minutes of PF general meeting discussing the request by Father Hyacinth (Capuchin) that his mission (CEC?) be confirmed for the entire territory of France; there is confusion between the nuncio and the procurator of the Capuchins on the nature of…
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…
Summaries of two PF decrees regarding the approval of the statutes of CEC on the condition that: a) the number of members stay below 50; b) that the members be residents of Paris and older than 24; c) that of the six administrators, three can be…
Minutes of PF general meeting discussing a new petition by Vincent de Paul requesting indefinite faculties for CM. PF decides to write to the nuncio to France, requesting information on the progress and usefulness of CM, considering that PF does not…
Minutes of PF general meeting discussing the matrimonial dispensations requested by priests of CM on behalf of two consanguineous couples, one from the diocese of Sens but living in Paris, and the other from "N." diocese; both granted by PF.
