Letters from Jean Duval to PF, 1645-07-23, Paris
Babylon
Letters from the bishop of Babylon requesting dispensation of residence (in Persia), and from two doctors in Paris certifying that the bishop's health is not good, and that he cannot leave and reside in Persia because the trip is arduous, and the climate there is too hot, which might result in apoplexy. PF note indicates that PF cardinals agreed, as long as the bishop was ready to either renounce the bishopric or be replaced by a coadjutor or a suffragan.
Date discussed 1645-08-07
Additional comments
The bishop's letter is undated, but the doctors' letter is dated 23 July 1645.
Jean Duval, de la Vigne and Maurin
APF SOCG 144, 91r-96v
1645-07-23
Addressed to PF
The corresponding minutes from the PF meeting are in APF ACTA 16, 385r-v, item 11 (database item 114).
Original; signed; Latin
Latin
Letter
107
Origin: Paris
Destination: Rome
Letters from Jean Duval to the PF secretary[Francesco Ingoli], 1646, Paris
Babylon
Five letters from the bishop of Babylon, Jean Duval, discussing his planned replacement at the bishopric. The bishop is seeking a 100-200 scudi pension from a parish benefice in France (for instance in Bretagne or in the bishopric of St. Paul of Lyon) to supplement the 400 scudi/year promissed by the queen. As for the person to be nominated as coadjutor, the bishop suggests a certain Discalced Carmelite known to Ingoli, though he is not named in the letter. In a different letter, he defers decision to the French agent in Rome, Mr. Gueffier. In the last letter, in response to hints from members of the royal council and the nuncio who, prompted by Ingoli and PF in general, suggested that a secular priest (as opposed to a member of a religious order) would be better as coadjutor or suffragan, the bishop shows readiness to accept that solution but asks PF to come up with a candidate, as he himself does not know many seculars.
Additional comments
The letters are dated between April and July 1646.
Jean Duval
APF SOCG 144, 98r-107v
1646-04 to 1646-07
Addressed to [Francesco Ingoli]
Originals; signed, dated; Italian
Italian
Letter
109
Origin: Paris
Destination: [Rome]