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Letter from the nuncio to France, Celio Piccolomini to PF, stating that he will talk to the Marshal de la Meilleraye, as the prefect has ordered in his letter dated the 15 October. The nuncio will also explain to him why PF is not willing to appoint…

Letter from the nuncio to France, Celio Piccolomini to PF, recommending Marshal de La Meilleraye to the protection of PF, and also supporting the request that Marshal makes in the attached letter (APF SOCG 252, 13r-13v (database item 269).

Letter from the nuncio to France, Nicolò Guidi di Bagno, with which he forwards a receipt sent to him by the superior of the Discalced Carmelites. The receipt attests that the Discalced Carmelites have received the decree of 18 June 1652 in which PF…

Letter from the nuncio to France, Nicolò Guidi di Bagno to PF. He writes that Vincent de Paul, on behalf of Marshal de La Meilleraye (Charles de La Porte, duke of La Meilleraye, marshal of France), who is about to send ships to Madagascar, has been…

The nuncio to France, Nicolò Guidi di Bagno, recommends Jean-François Mousnier and Toussaint Bourdaise for the Madagascar mission. The nuncio states that he approved and gave his blessing to the two at the end of the previous year, upon their…

Letter from the nuncio to France, Nicolò Guidi di Bagno to PF. He asks for missionary patents for the Madagascar mission for seven candidates, so that Vincent de Paul can send them when the next ship is ready to depart (which is only once every year…

Letter from the nuncio to France about Alberto Di San Michele [Albert de Saint Michel?] , a Discalced Carmelite, who left Paris without permission from his provincial, and without a companion. He had earlier abused his missionary faculties by…

Letter from the nuncio to France, Nicolò Guidi di Bagno to PF. He thanks the vice-prefect for having entrusted him and Vincent de Paul, with the decision to select which missionaries should be sent to Madagascar. The letter signed and dated 17 March…

Letter from Cardinal Antonio Barberini jr. (original and signed) from Paris, 17 August 1663, letting PF know that he had handed the letters patent for the four CM missionaries nominated for the mission to Madagascar (which was sent to him from Rome),…

Copy of a letter from PF to the nuncio to France, Nicolò Guidi di Bagno. The cardinals dislike the fact that he asked for faculties and instructions for two priests who are going with some French merchants to Madagascar, since PF wants to avoid…

Letter from PF secretary [Mario Alberizzi] to the nuncio to France [Celio Piccolomini]. From the attached letter, Piccolomini can learn about the thoughtfulness of Maresciallo della Migliaré [Marquis de La Meilleraye]. Alberizzi feels very fortunate…

Petition on behalf of Claude Dufour requesting PF to accept him as a member of CM, despite his earlier statement that he wanted to become member of a religious order. Even though CM is not a religious order, they also have vows of poverty, chastity,…

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. He explains that after many obstacles which have impeded CM to send other missionaries to Madagascar, a ship will depart towards the end of December. Since the previous prefect is deceased, Alméras asks that…

Petition on behalf of René Alméras, superior general of CM, asking PF to approve the dispatch of one additional missionary to Madagascar, namely Giacomo Francesco Frachey [Jacob Francois Frachey]; Frachey, a priest from Savoy is not a member of CM,…

Petition on behalf of René Alméras asking PF to approve the dispatch of more missionaries to the island of Madagascar, on account of the "copious spiritual harvest" to be had there. He mentions that those already approved by PF had not left yet, due…

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 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, 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, 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 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 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…

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 Vincent de Paul asking PF to grant full missionary patents to Toussaint Bourdaise, who had been sent to Madagascar a few years before as companion for Jean-François Mousnier, (who in turn had been named apostolic missionary by…

Petition on behalf of Vincent de Paul requesting permission to send three additional missionaries to Madagascar, namely: Claude Dufour, Nicolas Prevost, and François Feydin, seeing that a ship is ready to leave for the island. Vincent de Paul also…

Petition on behalf of Vincent de Paul, requesting faculties for two more priests that he would like to send to Madagascar on a ship that is scheduled to leave soon (this spring). The priests' names are François Herbron and François Boussordec.

Petition on behalf of Vincent de Paul. He asks that PF send the usual missionary faculties for four priests who will go to the Madagascar mission, to join Charles Nacquart; Nacquart's companion Nicolas Gondrée died [in May 1649] six months after…

Petition on behalf of Vincent de Paul. He asks that, since a ship will depart for Madagascar in the spring, would PF grant missionary faculties to two Vincentians: Claude Dufour and François Mousnier. He also ask that other priests of CM (which he…

Petition on behalf of Vincent de Paul, in which he asks that Gabriele [Gabriel] Laudin and Marando Ignatio [Marant Ignace] Arnoul be declared apostolic missionaries in Madagascar, and receive the usual faculties. During the meeting of 26 February…
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