Petition on behalf of Father Hyacinth to PF, [1633]
Capuchins
Levant
Petition on behalf of Father Hyacinth to PF requesting 20 new missionaries for the mission in the Levant, in order to replace the ones who are sick.
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Father Hyacinth
APF SOCG 393, 170r-v
[1633]
Addressed to PF
Petition
267
Origin: unknown
Destination: Rome
Letter from PF to the nuncio [Nicolò Guidi di Bagno], 1656-06-12, Rome
Levant
Copy of a letter from PF to the nuncio to France, Nicolò Guidi di Bagno, stating that the Maronite Patriarch (clergy and people), have asked the pope to send a visitor to their region; the pope has asked PF to find a suitable candidate. The cardinals think that Vincent de Paul could offer a priest from his congregation, so they ask the nuncio to look for a CM candidate. They add that the candidate does not have to know the language of the region, since he will be accompanied by an interpreter. The letter dated 12 June 1656.
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PF
APF LETTERE 31, 27v-28r
1656-06-12
Addressed to [Nicolò Guidi di Bagno]
Italian
Letter
584
Origin: Rome
Destination: [Paris]
Letter from CM Superior Vincent de Paul to the nuncio to France, Nicolò Guidi di Bagno, 1656-07-12, [Paris], Saint Lazare
Levant
Letter from Vincent de Paul to the nuncio to France, Nicolò Guidi di Bagno. In the letter, Vincent de Paul says he is surprised but very grateful for the honor paid to his congregation, by the fact that PF cardinals have asked him to offer one of the members of CM to such an important task, the mission to Lebanon; Vincent de Paul proposes Thomas Bérthe, and it is noted that some of the cardinals already know him, because he was superior of CM house in Rome (1653-5). A modern note on f. 241v, dated "14 December '90" states that the original letter was given to the prince of Torlonia.
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According to Coste, the original was given to the prince of Torlonia on 15 December 1890 by PF secretary. The copy is now held at the house of the Filles de la Charité, who run the Conservatorio Torlonia in Rome. P. Coste, ed., Saint Vincent de Paul: correspondance, entretiens, documents (Paris: 1920-25), vol. 6, doc. 2097. From a letter from Vincent de Paul to Edme Jolly (Coste, vol. 6, doc. 2099) it is apparent that PF asked for a candidate for a mission to Lebanon. The proposal never materialized in a CM mission.
The letter says "Di San Lazaro." Saint Lazare was the most important CM house, located in Paris.
Vincent de Paul
APF SOCG 200, 240r-v, 241v
The Italian text and a French translation can be found in P. Coste, ed., Saint Vincent de Paul: correspondance, entretiens, document (Paris: 1920-25), vol. 6, doc. 2097.
1656-07-12
Addressed to Nicolò Guidi di Bagno
Copy, signed and dated
Italian
Letter
310
Origin: [Paris]
Destination: [France]
PF minutes, 1658-02-18, Rome
France (missions in)
Levant
Jesuits
Barbary (unspecified or several locations)
Minutes of PF general meeting of 18 February 1658 discussing among other issues, a letter about the great rise of pious initiatives in France, by a certain Du Plessis. He writes about several successes: how Jansenism is being fought, that there are French missions in the Levant, on the British Isles, in America and Canada, on the Barbary Coast, and in the regions of Picardy and Champagne. Parishes are flourishing, as does the "charity of the Ladies" [the Ladies of Charity?]. Small companies grow, people are trying to abolish duels and swearing. The much desired general hospital has been established, and the poor are being cared for in Paris. The cardinals decide to ask more information about the content and authority of the letter.
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PF
APF ACTA 27, 69r, 83r-85v, issue 12
1658-02-18
Latin
Italian
Minutes
487
Origin: Rome
Destination: