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Letter from Antonio Di Seravezza to [the nuncio to France, Pietro Bargellini], 1669-12-01, Marseille

Letter from Antonio Di Serauezza to the nuncio to France, Pietro Bargellini. It has been four months since he left Tunis. He writes to inform the nuncio about the tyranny and cruelty of the consul [Jean Ambrozin], who has driven away two vicar…

Tags: Antonio Di Seravezza, Conversion, Destination: [Paris], Franciscans, Letter, Origin: Marseille, Renegades, Seravezza case, Tunis

Letter from PF to S. Lusio, 1669-09-21, Rome

Copy of a letter from PF to monsignor S. Lusio. PF writes that the vicar apostolic of Algiers [Jean Le Vacher] has asked for some indulgences. Now that the request is approved by the Congregation of Indulgences, Lusio is asked to present the case to…

Tags: Algiers, Destination: [Rome], Letter, Origin: Rome, PF

Letter from PF to Jean Le Vacher, 1669-09-21, Rome

Copy of a letter from PF to Jean Le Vacher, vicar apostolic in Algiers. PF writes that Antonio Di Seravezza is doing good works in Tunis, however it is without the authority of PF. He has tried to put a halt to the abuses of some priests in the city,…

Tags: Algiers, Destination: [Algiers], Franciscans, Letter, Origin: Rome, PF, Seravezza case, Slave priests, Tunis

Letter from PF to Antonio Di Seravezza, 1669-09-21, Rome

Copy of a letter from PF to Antonio Di Seravezza, a Minor Observant working in Tunis. He is told that he will not be given the faculties that allow him to keep Father Giuseppe della Pantellaria from misbehaving, but that PF has ordered Jean Le…

Tags: Destination: Tunis, Franciscans, Letter, Origin: Rome, Other religious orders, Petitions for faculties, PF, Seravezza case, Tunis

Letter from [Jean Ambrozin] to [Jean Le Vacher], 1669-08-04, Tunis

From the letter of Bourdieu, [Ambrozin] has come to understand that [Jean Le Vacher] has not been able to write him a letter because of his sickness. He has been forced to remove Antonio Di Seravezza, who has been left in the position of Vicar…

Tags: Capuchins, Destination: [Algiers], Franciscans, Letter, Origin: Tunis, Seravezza case, Slave priests, Tunis

Letter from Agostino De Rossi and Gioseppe Marino Della Pantelleria, slave priests in Tunis, to [Jean Le Vacher], 1669-07-12, Tunis, Bagno di S. Croce

Letter from Agostino De Rossi and Gioseppe Merino Pantalarescho [Giuseppe Merino Della Pantelleria] to [Jean Le Vacher]. With this letter they respond to the request to send information about Girolamo Da Sassari and the situation in Tunis; they are…

Tags: Capuchins, Destination: [Algiers], Franciscans, Letter, Origin: Tunis, Seravezza case, Slave priests, Tunis

Letter from Jean Ambrozin to [Jean Le Vacher], 1669-07-10, Tunis

Letter from Jean Ambrozin to [Jean Le Vacher], stating that he is happy that he is mentioned in his [Le Vacher´s] letters to Bourdieu, who told him that [Le Vacher] would like to know what happened to Da Sassari. They lived together for two years in…

Tags: Capuchins, Destination: [Algiers], Franciscans, Letter, Origin: Tunis, Seravezza case, Slave priests, Tunis

Letter from Antonio Di Seravezza to PF, 1669-06-26, Tunis

Letter from Antonio Di Seravezza, a Minor Observant working in Tunis, in which he complains about the fact that Giuseppe della Pantellaria [Giuseppe Merino della Pantelleria] does not recognize his authority; the letter signed and dated 26 June 1669.…

Tags: Antonio Di Seravezza, Destination: Rome, Franciscans, Letter, Origin: Tunis, Other religious orders, Seravezza case, Tunis

Letter from PF to Jean Le Vacher, 1669-06-08, Rome

Copy of a letter from PF to Jean Le Vacher, vicar apostolic of Algiers. Le Vacher is encouraged to continue assisting the slaves in their spiritual needs, and PF informs him that the pope has conceded an extraordinary indulgence for five altar…

Tags: Algiers, Destination: [Algiers], Letter, Origin: Rome, PF, Slaves (Christian)

Letter from PF to Michelangelo Ricci, 1669-06-01, Rome

Copy of a letter from PF to Michelangelo Ricci. Ricci is instructed to request from the Congregation of Indulgences, that some indulgences be granted to the five chapels in the bagnos of Algiers, which has been requested by the vicar apostolic [Jean…

Tags: Algiers, Destination: unknown, Letter, Origin: Rome, PF

Letter from PF to Jean Le Vacher, 1669-05-12, Rome

Copy of a letter from PF to Jean Le Vacher, vicar apostolic of Algiers. Le Vacher is asked to inform PF whether a certain Stefano, captured on his way from Alexandria to Rome (where he was sent by the missionaries of Ethiopia in order to attend the…

Tags: Algiers, Destination: [Algiers], Letter, Origin: Rome, PF, Ransom, Slaves (Christian), Tunis

Letter from Girolamo Da Sassari to Antonio Di Seravezza, 16[69]-01-16, Rome

Letter from Girolamo Da Sassari to Antonio Di Saraveza [Antonio Di Seravezza]. He has been in Rome for two months, due to the problems in Tunis. They have decided that there will be a Capuchin mission in the city, and that he will be its prefect.…

Tags: Capuchins, Conversion, Destination: [Tunis], Franciscans, Girolamo da Sassari, Letter, Origin: Rome, Ransom, Seravezza case, Tunis

Petition on behalf of Jean Le Vacher to PF, [1668-1671]

Petition on behalf of Jean Le Vacher. He asks for the copies of the letters that PF has sent to him, in the case he loses one (as sometimes happens), he will still have the other. He especially asks for the copies of the letters about the spiritual…

Tags: Algiers, Destination: Rome, Innocentius X; Cardinal Pamphili; Dionisio Massari; Antonio Barberinus Jr.; Cardinal Chigi; Girolamo Casanata; Scipio Costaguti, Jean le Vacher; Federico Baldeschi, Letter, Origin: unknown, Other religious orders, Petition, Petitions for faculties, Petitions for missionary patents, Slave priests, Slaves (Christian), Tripoli, Tunis

Letter from [Alexander] Winster to [William] Lesley, 1668-12-08

Copy of a letter from Alexander Winster to William Lesley. He writes very extensively about the situation of the Scottish mission, and the different problems and the solutions he sees. Also included, are his notes about the communication between the…

Tags: [Alexander] Winster, Destination: Rome, Jesuits, Letter, Mission reports, Origin: Scotland, Scotland, Visitation

Letter from [John] Walker to [William] Lesley, 1668-10-24

Copy of a letter from John Walker, prefect of the Scottish mission, to William Lesley. He writes about the fact that Giovanni Iruino [John Irvin] has arrived in Scotland with a letter from Cardinal Barberini which assured him (travel) provisions,…

Tags: [John] Walker, Destination: Rome, Letter, Origin: Scotland, Other secular missionaries, Petitions for faculties, Scotland, Scottish colleges

Letter from Jean Le Vacher to PF, 1668-07-31, Algiers

Letter from Jean Le Vacher, vicar apostolic in Algiers, to PF. He writes about his travel to Algiers where he arrived on 24 May. He describes the situation in Algiers, that there are 14,000 or 15,000 Christian slaves, among whom there are around 100…

Tags: Algiers, Destination: Rome, Jean Le Vacher, Letter, Mission reports, Origin: Algiers, Other religious orders, Petition, Slaves (Christian)

Letter from Luca Palmaro to PF, 1668-07-21, Tunis

Letter from Luca Palmaro, a slave in Tunis, to PF. He writes that he gave Jean Le Vacher 150 pezze during the plague. Jean Le Vacher once gave him 30 pezze for his needs. When the epidemic was over, Palmaro asked for the other 120 pezze back, but…

Tags: Destination: [Rome], Letter, Luca Palmaro, Origin: Tunis, Plague, Ransom, Slaves (Christian), Tunis

Letter from [Giuseppe Merino and Agostino De Rossi?], slave priests in Tunis, to [Jean Le Vacher?], after 1668-07-05, Tunis

Incomplete letter. The author(s) are relieved that [Jean Le Vacher?] has arrived in Algiers, as in Tunis there has been a division among the Christians. After Le Vacher and Girolamo Da Sassari left, the Christians' devotion in the chapel of S. Luigi…

Tags: Destination: [Algiers], Letter, Origin: Tunis, Seravezza case, Slaves (Christian), Tunis

Letter from [Jean] Ambrozin to PF, 1668-06-28, Tunis

Letter from Jean Ambrozin, French consul in Tunis, to PF. He writes that Father Girolamo Da Sassari (Capuchin and vicar in Tunis), has received some letters from Jean Le Vacher, in which he announces that he had been appointed vicar apostolic of…

Tags: [Jean] Ambrozin, Algiers, Barbary (unspecified or several locations), Capuchins, Destination: [Rome], Letter, Origin: Tunis, Slaves (Christian), Tripoli, Tunis

Letter from Antonio Di Seravezza to PF, 1668-06-27, Tunis

Extensive letter from Antonio Di Seravezza, Minor Observant working in Tunis to PF. He writes about the merits of his companion Girolamo Da Sassari, and also about how disastrous it would be, were Jean Le Vacher to receive authority over the mission…

Tags: Algiers, Antonio Di Seravezza, Destination: [Rome], Franciscans, Letter, Origin: Tunis, Seravezza case, Tunis

Letter from Girolamo Da Sassari to PF, 1668-06-26 Tunis

Letter from Girolamo Da Sassari to PF in which he describes the persecutions that he and the other Christians suffered in Tunis and how they came to an end. He writes that he has received a letter from Jean Le Vacher saying that he will become vicar…

Tags: Algiers, Capuchins, Destination: [Rome], Girolamo da Sassari, Letter, Origin: Tunis, Slaves (Christian), Tripoli, Tunis

Letter from [John] Walker to [William] Lesley, 1668-04-17

Copy of a letter from [John] Valchero [Walker] to William Lesley. He writes to have understood from Tomasse Lumisden, [Thomas Lumsden] that PF intends to appoint him as prefect of the Scottish mission. He has no ambition to join the mission, as he…

Tags: [John] Walker, Conversion, Destination: [Rome], Letter, Mission reports, Origin: [Scotland], Scotland

Letter from [Alexander Winster] to [William] Lesley, 1668-04-04

Copy of a letter from [Alexander Winster] to [William] Lesley. He states that he has written so much in his previous letters, that he has not much left to tell, until he receives a response; he has not received anything in two years. The attached…

Tags: [Alexander Winster], Destination: [Rome], Letter, Mission reports, Origin: [Scotland], Other secular missionaries, Scotland

Letter from [Alexander Winster] to [William Lesley], 1668-03-17

Copy of a letter from [Alexander Winster] to [William Lesley], the procurator of the Scottish mission. He writes that more than a month ago he wrote to PF about the long and difficult journey of Father Marco and Father Francesco MacDonnelli [Mark and…

Tags: [Alexander Winster], Destination: [Rome], Letter, Mission reports, Origin: [Scotland], Other secular missionaries, Scotland

Letter from [Mark and Francis] MacDonnell to [William] Lesley, 1668-03-10

Copy of a letter from the Fathers MacDonnelli [Mark and Francis MacDonnell], sent from Edinburgh to [William] Lesley. They describe the difficulties they encountered during their journey, their shipwreck, their illness, and the loss of all their…

Tags: [Mark and Francis] MacDonnell, Conversion, Destination: [Rome], Franciscans, Letter, Origin: Scotland, Petitions for missionary patents, Scotland

Letter from John Irvin to [William Lesley?], 1668-03-05

Copy of a letter from Giovanni Iruino [John Irvin] to [William Lesley?]. He writes that in London he got his missionary patent and a letter from Cardinal "arberino" [Albericci], but no money. Some time ago he arrived in Edinburgh where he met…

Tags: Destination: [Rome], John Irvin, Letter, Mission reports, Origin: [Scotland], Other secular missionaries, Scotland

Letter from [Alexander Winster] to [William] Lesley, 1668-02-01

Partial copy of a letter from the prefect of the Scottish mission [Alexander Winster], to its procurator in Rome, William Lesley. He expresses gratitude for PF sending help for the Highlands, and having promised a house where the missionaries can…

Tags: [Alexander Winster], Destination: Rome, Franciscans, Letter, Mission reports, Origin: [Scotland], Retirement missionaries, Scotland, Scottish colleges

Letter from Francis White to [William Lesley?], 1668-01-01

Copy of a letter from Francis White [to William Lesley?]. He has not received any answer to his letter dated March 1667, and he states that no missionary has come to help him. [Alexander] Winster had written to him that he was sure that his brother…

Tags: Destination: [Rome], Francis White, Franciscans, Letter, Mission reports, Origin: Scotland, Scotland

Letter from [Alexander Winster] to [William Lesley], 1668-01

Partial copy of a letter from the prefect of the Scottish mission [Alexander Winster], to its procurator in Rome, [William Lesley]. He writes about the fact that he has helped the two Irish Fathers [Mark and Francis MacDonnell?] who came to Scotland…

Tags: [Alexander Winster], Destination: [Rome], Letter, Mission reports, Origin: [Scotland], Scotland

Letter from PF to Alexander Winster, [1667], [Rome]

Letter from PF to Alessandrus Winsterus [Alexander Winster]. PF deems the Catholics in the mountains areas (including those that have been Catholic for a very long time, and those recently converted), to be worthy of their paternal caring, due to the…

Tags: Destination: [Scotland], Letter, Origin: [Rome], PF, Scotland

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