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Two petitions on behalf of Girolamo Da Sassari to PF and to Pope Alexander VII, [1669]

Two petitions on behalf of the Capuchin Girolamo Da Sassari, prefect of the mission in Tunis. One is written to the pope, in which he explains why he left his mission in Tunis (the consul Jean Ambrozin threatened him, after Da Sassari demanded the…

Tags: Capuchins, Destination: Rome, Girolamo da Sassari, Origin: [Rome], Petition, Petitions for faculties, Slaves (Christian), Tunis

Summary on the reports from the Scottish mission, [1675]

Summary on the reports of the mission in Scotland. In PF meeting of 23 July 1674 they took the following measures: a) the children sent to the Colleges have to be approved by the prefect and the children of Catholics have to go to PF schools; b)…

Tags: Origin: [Rome], Other religious orders, PF, Scotland, Scottish colleges, Summary, Visitation

Summary on the reports from the Barbaria mission, [1675]

Summary of the reports from the Barbaria mission. In July 1672 the provicar of Tunis sent a letter to PF, stating that in Malta two young girls were converted to Christianity. Because they wanted to gather more information, they wrote to the…

Tags: Conversion, Malta, Origin: [Rome], PF, Ransom, Slaves (Muslim), Summary, Tunis

Summary on the mission in Barbaria, [1679], [Rome]

Summary on the mission in Barbaria. Trinitarian Procurator Ferdinando Di Alaba presents PF the five Trinatian hospitals in Algiers. Here the priests of his order do not only take care of the sick, but they also administer the sacraments, teach the…

Tags: Algiers, Conversion, Corsairs, Non-Catholic Christians, Origin: [Rome], PF, Ransom, Slaves (Christian), Summary, Trinitarians

Summary of two letters, SOCG 317, 66r-v and SOCG 317, 67r; 1658-08-06

PF summary of SOCG 317, 66r-v and SOCG 317, 67r [1658], reporting that several slave priests in Tunis have accused the apostolic vicar Jean Le Vacher, of abusing his office for self-enrichment. The superior of CM [in Rome, Edme Jolly] says that, on…

Tags: Conversion, Destination: unknown, Origin: [Rome], Slave priests, Summary, Tunis

Summary of two letters of Alexander Winster, [1672]

Two letters arrived from Alessandro Winstero [Alexander Winster], the current Scottish prefect. The letters discuss various requests, and the response of the cardinals: a) as Gilberto Graio [Gilbert Gray] was useless for the mission, he was recalled.…

Tags: Destination: [Rome], Letter, Origin: [Rome], Petitions for faculties, PF, Scotland

Summary of thee letters that were sent by the nuncio, 1672-11-04

Summary of three letters sent from the Scottish missionaries to PF. The nuncio to France [Francesco Nerli] has sent some letters from Scotland, written by the new prefect [David Burnetto], and one from a missionary [Alexander Winster]. In these…

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

Summary of the visitation of the Scottish mission, [1668-1672]

PF summary regarding a propsal to visit the Scotish mission, as discussed in a previous PF general meeting. The cardinals gave the task to search for a candidate for the visit, to Barberini who refused to go himself. The procurator of the Scottish…

Tags: Destination:, Origin: [Rome], Scotland, Summary, Visitation

Summary of the state of the Scottish mission [1665]

Summary of the state of Scotland including many suggestions from the procurator of the Scottish mission, William Lesley. The summary states: a) there is need of missionaries for the Highlands and the Hebrides who are able to speak Gaelic. The brother…

Tags: Destination:, Jesuits, Origin: [Rome], Scotland, Scottish colleges, Summary

Summary of the case of Luigi Da Palermo, 1677-08-02, [Rome]

Summary of the case of Luigi Da Palermo. The Capuchin Commissary General Gios'e Da Ica [Gioseppe Da Ica] has brought a case to PF against Luigi [Da Palermo]. He reports that Luigi did not live a good religious life, and that he took 250 piastre from…

Tags: Capuchins, Conversion, Origin: [Rome], PF, Ransom, Slaves (Christian), Summary, Tunis

Summary of SOCG 535, 1672-08-02

PF Summary of SOCG 435. Robert Monro, a missionary in Scotland, writes in a letter that: a) he has not been able to serve the mission as he wanted, because of a persecution in Scotland that started after letters of Jesuits were found. This happened…

Tags: Destination: [Rome], Jesuits, Non-Catholic Christians, Origin: [Rome], Petitions for missionary patents, PF, Scotland, Scottish Catholics abroad, Summary

Summary of SOCG 424 on the case of Antonio Di Seravezza and Girolamo Da Sassari, 1670-11-10

PF summary of SOCG 424. Because Gio' LeVacher [Jean Le Vacher] could no longer stay as vicar apostolic in Tunis, Girolamo Da Sassari was sent there as vicar prefect; this authority was later given to Antonio Da Serauezza. They did many good things in…

Tags: Algiers, Capuchins, Destination: [Rome], Franciscans, Origin: [Rome], PF, Seravezza case, Summary, Tunis

Summary of several letters by Jean Ambrozin, Antonio Di Seravezza, Girolamo Da Sassari and Luca Palmaro, [1668]

Extensive summary of several letters by Jean Ambrozin, Antonio Di Seravezza, Girolamo Da Sassari and Luca Palmaro, and the issues surrounding the return of Jean Le Vacher to the Barbary Coast. It includes PF analysis of the matter and the decision of…

Tags: Capuchins, Destination:, Origin: [Rome], PF, Seravezza case, Summary, Tunis

Summary of a petition by [William Lesley] to PF, 1664

The procurator of the Scottish mission [William Lesley] asks for a provision for the schoolteacher [Alexander] Macalister who has been in the Highlands for the last two years; Macalister was initially encouraged by the assurance of the procurator…

Tags: [William Lesley], Destination: Rome, Origin: [Rome], Scotland, Scottish schools, Summary

Summary of a petition by [William Lesley] to PF [1664]

Summary of a petition on behalf of the procurator of the Scottish mission [William Lesley]. PF agreed to assign a provision to Francis White, who had been in Scotland for 10 years without a provision from PF. The procurator now asks for the first…

Tags: Destination: Rome, Origin: [Rome], Scotland, Summary, William Lesley

Report on the Scottish mission, 1674-07-21, [Rome]

Report on the Scottish mission. In 1668, PF received a report on the Scottish mission from the prefect Alesandro Winstero [Alexander Winster]. This report was discussed during PF meeting of 27 September 1669. After this meeting, the affairs of the…

Tags: Barbary (unspecified or several locations), Capuchins, Conversion, Jesuits, Origin: [Rome], PF, Report, Scottish Catholics abroad, Tripoli

Report on the controversy around the Trinitarians in Barbary, [Rome]

The Trinitarian procurator states that his order always has mantained hospitals in Algiers, founded at their own expense. From the Holy See they received privileges to find churches and administer the sacraments. They had been doing this for 16…

Tags: [PF], Algiers, Origin: [Rome], Report, Trinitarians, Tunis

Report on subjects from the papal states enslaved in Barbary, [Rome]

The letter begins with a list of 19 subjects from the papal states, that are slaves in Algiers. Because nobody is trying to free them, there are many subjects of the pope still in slavery in Tunis. They do not profit from the services of the orders…

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

Report from the mission of Scotland, [1668-1672]

Report from the Scottish mission. Ibernese Scottish are referenced as the inhabitants of the Scottish mountains. All the natives of this area (and those adjacent), cannot be called either Catholic or Protestant. However within their minds they reject…

Tags: [PF], Franciscans, Origin: [Rome], Report, Scotland, Scottish colleges

Report about the mission in Scotland by [William Lesley], [1678]

Relation on the mission in Scotland. The covered subjects are the following: a) archbishoprics and bishoprics; b) the place of residence of the missionaries; c) the residence of the prefect of the mission; d) the universities; e) the Catholics…

Tags: [William Lesley], Destination:, Jesuits, Mission reports, Origin: [Rome], Petitions for faculties, Report, Scotland, Scottish Catholics abroad, Visitation

Preparatory notes regarding the visitation of the British Isles, [1658]

Preparatory notes related to the visitation of the British Isles, presented to PF secretary [Mario Alberizzi] on 12 January 1658. It includes a description of the characteristics that a visitor should have, the dangers of the task, and the way the…

Tags: Destination:, Ireland, Origin: [Rome], Scotland, Visitation

PF summary on the case of Luigi Da Palermo, [1671 or later]

PF summary on the case of Luigi Da Palermo, a Capuchin who left the mission of Tunis. The summary includes the viewpoint of both the Capuchin commissary of Sicily, Gioseppe d’Ica, and Luigi Da Palermo himself about his work as a missionary, and the…

Tags: Capuchins, Corsairs, Destination:, Origin: [Rome], PF, Ransom, Renegades, Slaves (Christian & Muslim), Summary, Tunis

PF minutes, 1681-09-30, Rome

Minutes of PF General meeting of 30 September 1682 discussing amongst other issues, the case of Vincenzo Frascati and Francesco Gatta (which was dicussed during PF meeting of 8 April 1680). They are both missionaries in Tunis, and its believed that…

Tags: Algiers, Capuchins, Mercedarians, Minutes, Origin: [Rome], Other religious orders, PF, Renegades, Slave priests, Slaves (Christian), Tunis

Petition on behalf of William Lesley to PF, [1677]

Petition on behalf of the procurator of the Scottish mission, William Lesley. He asks if he may be substituted by David Gutherie (alumnus of the Scottish College), during the time that he himself will be in Urbino for Cardinal Carlo Barberini. Lesley…

Tags: Destination: Rome, Origin: [Rome], Petition, Scotland, Scottish colleges, William Lesley

Petition on behalf of the procurator of the Scottish mission [William Lesley] to PF [1672]

Petition on behalf of the procurator of the Scotish mission [William Lesley] to PF. Due to the war with the Netherlands, Scottish missionaries have been living in great poverty, and have even been forced to sell their clothes. Lesley asks for the…

Tags: [William Lesley], CM petitions, Destination: Rome, Letter, Origin: [Rome], Scotland

Petition on behalf of John Walker to PF, [1672 or 1673]

Gio' Valchero [John Walker], who used to be the prefect of the Scottish mission, was forced to leave the mission because of health problems (paralysis) and went to Padua. After his health improved, he travelled to Rome. Now he asks PF to give him an…

Tags: CM petitions, Destination: Rome, John Walker, Origin: [Rome], Petition, Scotland, Scottish Catholics abroad

Petition on behalf of George Hay to PF, [1664]

Petition on behalf of Georgio Hayo [George Hay] to PF asking permission to enter the Scottish Benedictine monastery in Germany, despite the vow that he had taken to go to the Scottish mission. Both the rector of the Scottish College in Rome and the…

Tags: Destination: Rome, George Hay, Origin: [Rome], Other secular missionaries, Petition, Scotland

Petition on behalf of George Hay to PF, [1664]

Petition on behalf of Georgio Hayo [George Hay] to PF asking to enter the Scottish Benedictine monetary in Germany, despite the vow that he took to serve the Scottish mission, as a secular missionary; he claims to be unsuitable for the mission in…

Tags: Destination: Rome, George Hay, Origin: [Rome], Other secular missionaries, Petition, Scotland

Petition on behalf of [William Lesley] to PF, [1677]

Petition on behalf of the procurator of the Scottish mission [William Lesley] to PF. In the letter he mentions several abuses in the Scottish mission, and advises PF to send Alexander Lesley as a visitor to the mission. The notes of the meeting of 16…

Tags: [William Lesley], Destination: Rome, Origin: [Rome], Other religious orders, Other secular missionaries, Petition, Scotland

Petition on behalf of [William Lesley] to PF, [1667-1668]

Petition on behalf of William Lesley, procurator of the Scottish mission, to PF. On behalf of the Scottish mission he asks for the following things: a) more Irish Franciscans to be sent to the Highlands; b) that a companion be sent to help Francis…

Tags: Destination: [Rome], Franciscans, Origin: [Rome], Other secular missionaries, Petition, Petitions for faculties, Retirement missionaries, Scotland, Scottish colleges, Scottish schools, Visitation, William Lesley

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