PF minutes, 1645-12-05, Rome
Ireland
Minutes of PF general meeting mentioning, among other things, that a letter should be written to Vincent de Paul requesting him to select somebody from among the Irish priests of his congregation, in order to be sent to Ireland to instruct priests in "ecclesiastical rites and other necessary things for the divine cult and the salvation of souls." This is essentially a repetition of a similar request from February 1645. Referred by Cardinal Pamphylius. See attached file for a list of cardinals present.
Additional comments
PF
APF ACTA 16, 479r, issue 28
1645-12-05
See for the earlier request APF ACTA 16, 248v, issue 31 (database item 111).
Original registry entry; Latin
Latin
Minutes
118
Origin: Rome
Destination:
PF minutes, 1645-12-18, Rome
Tunis
Slaves (Christian)
Petitions for faculties
Capuchins
Minutes of PF general meeting discussing, among other issues, whether to grant Dominicus Raccus missionary faculties for Tunis. The subject was referred by Cardinal Ginetti and was based on a letter from two slaves from Tunis, who requested that the said Raccus be declared a missionary, as the previous missionaries were either old, dead, or had been freed and had gone back to their countries. PF decided - if the pope agreed - to write to Father Alexander of Genoa, prefect of the Capuchin mission in Barbary, in order to ask for his opinion on whether Raccus (or anybody else) should be granted missionary faculties in Tunis. Meeting held at "Collegium Propaganda Fide"; five cardinals were present (Capponius, S. Honuphrii, Cornelius, Ginettus, Pamphylius), as well as the assessor of the Holy See.
Additional comments
This document is not directly related to CM, but it provides background for the Tunis mission.
PF
APF ACTA 16, 491v-492r, issue 36
1645-12-18
Original registry entry; Latin
Latin
Minutes
119
Origin: Rome
Destination:
PF minutes, 1646-01-16, Rome
Tunis
Petitions for faculties
Minutes of PF general meeting (held in the presence of the pope). Item 34 on the agenda records that Dominicus Raccus (probably a Capuchin) is to be granted missionary faculties for Tunis.
Additional comments
PF
APF ACTA 17, 3r, 14r-v, issue 34
1646-01-16
Original registry entry; Latin
Latin
Minutes
120
Origin: Rome
Destination:
PF minutes, 1646-02-27, Rome
Babylon
Minutes of PF general meeting discussing, among other issues, the Babylon coadjutorship. In response to the letters sent by the nuncio to France and the bishop of Babylon, PF decided to offer the coadjutor position to Christophe Authier, with an annual provision of 100 scudi from the bishop himself and 100 scudi from PF, to be provided until the death of the bishop, after which Authier would receive the entire annual "mensa" (the revenue reserved for the personal subsistence of the bishop) of 700 scudi/year. If Authier declines, then the nuncio or the legate in Avignon (depending on Authier's location at the time) should ask him to nominate another candidate from among his missionaries in Avignon.
Additional comments
PF
APF ACTA 17, 29v, 33v-34v, issue 9
1646-02-27
In response to: APF SOCG 144, 77r-78v, 82 (database item 106).
Original registry entry; Latin
Latin
Minutes
115
Origin: Rome
Destination:
PF minutes, 1646-03-13, Rome
Ireland
Minutes of PF general meeting discussing the petition to nominate a priest for the metropolitan church of Tuam; this is a good example of the administrative route of such a petition. PF forwarded the issue to a congregazione particolare (special meeting), which does not seem to have taken place; the relevant decision was taken in a general meeting, the following year, as seen in database item 148.
Additional comments
PF
APF ACTA 17, 47r, 57r-v, issue 34
1646-03-13
Original registry entry; Latin
Latin
Minutes
147
Origin: Rome
Destination:
PF minutes, 1646-05-07, Rome
Tunis
Petitions for faculties
Minutes of PF general meeting granting missionary faculties with eleemosynary title to Julien Guérin, member of CM and "French consul" in Tunis.
Additional comments
According to this document, Julien Guérin was the French consul in Tunis at that time, but a letter from Tunis, written approximately one year later (while Guérin was still alive), suggests that PF might have been mistaken about the consul's identity. See database item 129.
PF
APF ACTA 17, 83r, 89r, issue 23
1646-05-07
Original registry entry; Latin
Latin
Minutes
121
Origin: Rome
Destination:
PF minutes, 1646-06-11, Rome
Babylon
Minutes of PF general meeting discussing, among other issues, the letter from the nuncio to France mentioning the French queen's offer to provide 400 scudi/year to the bishop of Babylon in case he leaves the bishopric of Babylon in the hands of the pope and allows the nuncio to nominate a different candidate for the bishop position (with the approval of the queen). PF decided to wait for the nomination but advised caution towards allowing the queen too much influence on the matter, lest the French crown gradually begin to claim the right to nominate all bishops of Babylon in the future.
Additional comments
PF
APF ACTA 17, 104r, 114r-v, issue 34
1646-06-11
In response to APF SOCG 144 44r-v, 55v (database item 100).
Original registry entry; Latin
Latin
Minutes
116
Origin: Rome
Destination:
PF minutes, 1646-09-11, Rome
Babylon
Minutes of PF general meeting discussing, among other issues, the Babylon bishopric. To the letter sent from the nuncio to France, regarding a possible candidate for the coadjutor position, nominated by Vincent de Paul, but not named. PF decided to respond affirmatively, based on the qualities of the said candidate, as described in the nuncio's letter.
Additional comments
PF
APF ACTA 17, 203r, 210v-211r, issue 9
1646-09-11
In response to APF SOCG 144 64r-65r, 68v (database item 103).
Original registry entry; Latin
Latin
Minutes
117
Origin: Rome
Destination:
PF minutes, 1647-01-22, Rome
Ireland
Minutes of PF general meeting nominating 11 persons to take over bishoprics located in Ireland.
Additional comments
PF
APF ACTA 17, 303r, 304r-305v, issue 4
1647-01-22
In response to: APF SOCG 145, 180r-184v (database item 164).
See for another version of the list of names: APF SOCG 145, 180r-181v, 183v,184v (database item 405).
Original registry entry; Latin
Latin
Minutes
148
Origin: Rome
Destination:
PF minutes, 1647-01-28, Rome
Tunis
Slave priests
Conversion
Renegades
Minutes of PF general meeting discussing, among other issues, a letter from Julien Guérin: a) asking for faculty to grant dispensation to marry for a couple formerly converted to the Muslim faith but currently living according to Christian principles; b) what to do about other converts who live like Christians; and c) how to handle slave priests who celebrate mass twice a day "out of avarice, rather than out of necessity." PF decided to forward all three questions to the pope.
Additional comments
PF
APF ACTA 17, 315v, 320v-321r, issue 10
1647-01-28
In response to: APF SOCG 64, 258r-v, 271v (database item 130).
For other complaints about slave priests saying mass twice a day and corrupting local Christians, together with requests for missionaries, sent from Tunis from 1645 onwards, see: PF SOCG 108, 273r ff (not in this database).
Original registry entry; Latin
Latin
Minutes
122
Origin: Rome
Destination:
PF minutes, 1647-02-11, Rome
Ireland
Minutes of PF general meeting discussing the objections made (it is not mentioned by whom), against Robert Barry's episcopal nomination; PF needs more information on the objections in order to decide whether they are valid or not.
Additional comments
PF
APF ACTA 17, 328v, 332r, issue 10
1647-02-11
See for the nomination of Robert Barry: APF ACTA 17, 304r-305v, issue 4 (database item 148).
Original registry entry; Latin
Latin
Minutes
149
Origin: Rome
Destination:
PF minutes, 1647-06-17, Rome
Madagascar
Capuchins
Discalced Carmelites
Minutes of PF general meeting discussing, among other things, the letter from Capuchin Pierre de Piviers regarding the idea of establishing a mission on the Isle of St. Lawrence (aka Madagascar), considering that French merchants go there regularly. The decision of PF was to inquire about the matter with the general of the Discalced Carmelite order, because the island had been assigned to the Discalced Carmelites previously.
Additional comments
PF
APF ACTA 17, 432r, 441r-v, issue 28
1647-06-17
In response to: APF SOCG 145, 126r, 127v (database item 144).
See for a follow-up discussion on this topic: APF ACTA 17, 571v, 573 (database item 141).
Original registry entry; Latin
Latin
Minutes
139
Origin: Rome
Destination:
PF minutes, 1647-06-17, Rome
CM statutes
Minutes of PF general meeting discussing, among other things, CM statutes amended by Cardinals Sforza and Giustiniano. PF cannot decide anything on the matter, because not every cardinal has received a copy of the amended statutes. PF decides that copies be transmitted, by hand, to each cardinal who has not yet received them.
Additional comments
PF
APF ACTA 17, 432r, 441v, issue 29
1647-06-17
Original registry entry; Latin
Latin
Minutes
140
Origin: Rome
Destination:
PF minutes, 1647-12-04, Rome
Madagascar
Discalced Carmelites
Minutes of meeting between PF Secretary Ingoli and PF prefect at that time, Cardinal Capponi, during which the Madagascar mission was discussed among other issues. Capponi's decision was to write a letter to the prefect of the Discalced Carmelite mission to Madagascar, asking him to forward the same letter to the nuncio to France, with the request that the nuncio undertake the task of securing a ship for the transport of missionaries to the island.
Additional comments
PF
APF ACTA 17, 571v, 573r, issue 9
1647-12-04
This was a follow-up discussion of the general meeting recorded in PF: APF ACTA 17, 441r-v, issue 28 (database item 139).
Original registry entry; Latin
Latin
Minutes
141
Origin: Rome
Destination:
PF minutes, 1647-12-09, Rome
Tunis
Algiers
Minutes of PF general meeting discussing, among other issues, the request from Julien Guérin to have a companion [Jean Le Vacher] assigned for him in Tunis, and two other missionaries (as nominated by Vincent de Paul) approved for Algiers. One of the two missionaries was Jacques Le Sage. PF decided to have a letter written to the nuncio to France requesting his opinion on the suitability of said persons.
Additional comments
PF
APF ACTA 17, 574r, 577v, issue 11
1647-12-09
In response to: APF SOCG 64, 259r, 270v (database item 131).
See also: APF SOCG 65, 206r-v, 209v (database item 137).
Original registry entry; Latin
Latin
Minutes
123
Origin: Rome
Destination:
PF minutes, 1648-05-09, Rome
Madagascar
Petitions for faculties
Discalced Carmelites
Minutes of PF general meeting discussing, among other things, the letter from the nuncio to France, in which he relates to two CM priests who went to Madagascar. The nuncio says that Vincent de Paul requests faculties and instructions. PF decides to reject the request, since the island has already been assigned to the Discalced Carmelite order.
Additional comments
PF
APF ACTA 18, 72v, 76r-v, issue 9
1648-05-09
Original registry entry; Latin
Latin
Minutes
142
Origin: Rome
Destination:
PF minutes, 1648-06-22, Rome
Tunis
Minutes of PF general meeting deciding to designate Jean Le Vacher from Paris, a "secular priest belonging to the Congregation of Vincent de Paul," as Julien Guérin's companion in Tunis.
Additional comments
PF
APF ACTA 18, 100r, 105r, issue 16
1648-06-22
Original registry entry; Latin
Latin
Minutes
124
Origin: Rome
Destination:
PF minutes, 1648-07-20, Rome
Madagascar
Petitions for faculties
Discalced Carmelites
Minutes of PF general meeting discussing, among other things, a letter from the nuncio to France asking to excuse the two CM priests who went to Madagascar without prior permission from PF. PF decides to grant missionary status to Charles Nacquart (spelled Naquet) and Nicolas Gondrée (spelled Gondrai) and submits request for faculties on their behalf at the saint office of the Holy See. The nuncio is asked not to forward PF's decree and faculties to Naquet himself, because of the mission overlap with the Discalced Carmelites, but the nuncio is nevertheless permitted to grant Naquet and Gondrai the faculty to hear confessions, and to administer the Holy sacraments.
Additional comments
PF
APF ACTA 18, 124r, 131r-132r, issue 22
1648-07-20
Original registry entry; Latin
Latin
Minutes
143
Origin: Rome
Destination:
PF minutes, 1648-09-01, Rome
Tunis
Petitions for faculties
Minutes of PF general meeting (held in presence of Pope Innocentius X) granting Jean Le Vacher the license to use the faculties transferred to him by the late Julien Guérin, who died before Le Vacher's arrival in Tunis.
Additional comments
PF
APF ACTA 18, 151v-152r, issue 2
1648-09-01
Original registry entry; Latin
Latin
Minutes
125
Origin: Rome
Destination:
PF minutes, 1648-09-01, Rome
Algiers
Minutes of PF general meeting (held in presence of Pope Innocentius X) granting dispensation from religious vows to Jean Barreau, "Parisian priest of the Congregation of the Priests of the Mission, established in Paris under Vincent de Paul, and missionary of the PF in Algiers." Pope Innocentius X approved the petition, on the condition that Barreau would not leave CM without a special license from the Holy See.
Additional comments
PF
APF ACTA 18, 151v, 152r-v, issue 3
1648-09-01
Original registry entry; Latin
Latin
Minutes
126
Origin: Rome
Destination:
PF minutes, 1649-01-19, Rome
Ireland
Minutes of PF general meeting of 19 January 1649 discussing among other issues, the petition of the Vincentian "Thadaeus Mollonus" (Thady Molonay), who wants to receive the title of missionary without dimissorial letters from his ordinary. PF does not agree.
Additional comments
PF
APF ACTA 19, 198r, 200r, issue 8
1649-01-19
Latin
Minutes
457
Origin: Rome
Destination:
PF minutes, 1649-01-19, Rome
Africa (other than Barbary)
Other secular missionaries
Minutes of PF general meeting of 19 January 1649 discussing among other issues, a letter from the nuncio to Naples about two Neapolitan priests belonging to the Congregation of the Mission in Naples, (not related to Vincent de Paul's CM), which had been founded with the permission of the bishop; the priests' names are Ruberto Alfano and Francesco Ardovino, and they volunteer for the mission in Congo. The nuncio says they have a good reputation on account of their doctrine and habits. The cardinals decide to make note of their names and find out whether there is a good time for a mission to the Congo to be established, or if necessary, to somewhere else.
Additional comments
PF
APF ACTA 19, 198r, 203r, issue 21
1649-01-19
Latin
Minutes
458
Origin: Rome
Destination:
PF minutes, 1649-03-08, Rome
Madagascar
Discalced Carmelites
Minutes of PF general meeting of 8 March 1649 discussing among other issues, the request that Alberto Di San Michele be appointed vice-prefect of the mission of the Discalced Carmelites in Madagascar, under the prefecture of Giacomo Di Santa Teresa; they also discuss Alberto becoming prefect in the case that Giacomo dies.
Additional comments
PF
APF ACTA 19, 218v,222r, issue 12
1649-03-08
Latin
Minutes
459
Origin: Rome
Destination:
PF minutes, 1649-10-18, Rome
Ireland
Petitions for faculties
Minutes of PF general meeting of 18 October 1949 discussing among other issues, the petition of "Thadaeus Mollonus" (Thady Molonay) who asks to be granted the faculty of receiving the Holy orders, including that of priesthood, and the title to become missionary. The cardinals agree to declare him missionary for Ireland, and to give him the requested faculty.
Additional comments
PF
APF ACTA 19, 280v, 282v, issue 13
1649-10-18
Latin
Minutes
460
Origin: Rome
Destination:
PF minutes, 1650-02-14, Rome
Africa (other than Barbary)
Minutes of PF general meeting of 14 February 1650 discussing among other issues, those proposed by the nuncio to Spain, to be appointed the title of bishop in the Congo; they will be supported by the king of Spain.
Additional comments
PF
APF ACTA 19, 317r, 320r, issue 14
1650-02-14
Latin
Minutes
461
Origin: Rome
Destination:
PF minutes, 1650-03-07, Rome
Scotland
Petitions for faculties
Petitions for missionary patents
Minutes of PF general meeting of 7 March 1650 discussing among other issues, a petition sent by William Ballantyne, in which he asks that he and John Walker be appointed missionaries in Scotland, and be given an annual provision. The cardinals consented to this proposal and to a provision of 50 scudi. However, the money and the faculties will be sent to the nuncio to France, as he must judge if they are suitable for the mission. If not, the nuncio should send the money and faculties back to PF.
Additional comments
PF
APF ACTA 19, 333r, 334v, issue 8
1650-03-07
Latin
Minutes
462
Origin: Rome
Destination:
PF minutes, 1650-04-25, Rome
Madagascar
Discalced Carmelites
Petitions for faculties
Minutes of PF general meeting of 25 April 1650 discussing among other issues, a petition sent on behalf of Alberto Di San Michele, the prefect of the mission of the Discalced Carmelites in Madagascar. He asks for a travel provision for the missionaries, as the merchant who wanted to take him free of charge has passed away. The cardinals decided to ask the nuncio to talk with both Alberto and the merchants that could take him, and arrange for a passage that would not exceed the cost of 100 scudi. The request for faculties will be sent to the Holy Office.
Additional comments
PF
APF ACTA 19, 344r, 346r-v, issue 12
1650-04-25
Latin
Minutes
463
Origin: Rome
Destination:
PF minutes, 1650-05-31, Rome
Algiers
CM petitions
Petitions for faculties
Plague
Minutes of PF general meeting of 31 May 1650 discussing among other issues, a petition sent on behalf of Vincent de Paul asking if he can send other missionaries to replace CM priests who died of the plague. The cardinals agreed to appoint Philippe Le Vacher of whom they have received good testimonies, and that they will also give faculties to those proposed by the nuncio to France for the mission.
Additional comments
PF
APF ACTA 19, 362r, 366r, issue 25
1650-04-25
See for the petition: APF SOCG 248, 161r, 164v, issue 427.
Latin
Minutes
464
Origin: Rome
Destination:
PF minutes, 1650-07-04, Rome
Poland
Non-Catholic Christians
Minutes of PF general meeting of 4 July 1650 discussing among other issues, the letter of the nuncio to Poland. He writes that the king of Poland has granted concessions to the Ruthenian Orthodox, and that he has protested against those concessions. The cardinals decided to ask Cardinal Panzirolo to write to the princes of the country [they mean the patrician families of Ruthenia], asking that they not accept those concessions. PF also decided that the issue should immediately be referred to the Assessor of the Holy Office, so that a course of action may be discussed in its tribunal.
Additional comments
PF
APF ACTA 19, 378r, 382r, issue 18 NOG DOEN
1650-07-04
Latin
Minutes
465
Origin: Rome
Destination:
PF minutes, 1650-08-09, Rome
Tunis
CM petitions
Petitions for faculties
Algiers
Minutes of PF general meeting of 9 August 1650 discussing among other issues, the petition by Jean Le Vacher, who asks to be declared vicar apostolic in Tunis. PF answers that he should write to the archbishop of Carthage, asking to be appointed vicar general. The next issue discussed was Philippe Le Vacher's request to be appointed vicar apostolic in Algiers. Again it was decided that this should be decided by the archbishop of Carthage.
Additional comments
PF
APF ACTA 19, 397r, 401r-v, issue 20 & 21
1650-08-09
See for the petition of Philippe Le Vacher: APF SOCG 248, 160r, 165v (database item 426).
For the decree that was issued subsequently, see: APF SOCG 255, 33r (database item 250).
See for the petition on behalf of Jean Le Vacher: APF SOCG 248, 195r, 200v (database item 436).
Latin
Minutes
466
Origin: Rome
Destination: