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Minutes of PF general meeting of 23 July 1674 discussing among other issues, a petition by Jean Le Vacher asking that his faculties which are about to expire, be renewed. The cardinals agree to the request.

Minutes of PF general meeting of 26 June 1674. The cardinals discussed among other issues the case of Marcello Costa, who was named missionary and provicar in Tunis, at the PF meeting of 28 February 1673. The missionary patents and the prevision of…

Minutes of PF general meeting of 26 June 1674 discussing among other issues, a letter from Carlo d'Ancona. Jean Le Vacher, vicar apostolic in Algiers, has sent him to be provicar in Tunis. D'Ancona reports on the state of the mission, and mentions…

Copy of a letter from PF secretary [Francesco Ravizza] to Marcello Costa, provicar in Bizerte. He writes that he has read Costa's letter dated 29 January, in which Costa had reported to be working with zeal as a provicar in Bizerte. PF will not only…

Copy of a letter from the PF secretary [Francesco Ravizza] to Jean Le Vacher. He wonders why Marcello Costa is still not at his mission in Bizerte, and why Jean Le Vacher gave him 30 scudi prior to his departure. PF wants Jean Le Vacher to see to it,…

Copy of a letter from PF to Jean Le Vacher, vicar apostolic of Algiers. Carlo d'Ancona and Vincenzo da Frascati, two Capuchins, have been sent to Tunis to assist the slaves, and now ask for the usual faculties. PF asks Jean Le Vacher to give these…

Copy of a letter from PF to Jean Le Vacher, vicar apostolic of Algiers. The Trinitarians working in Algiers have asked for the permission to keep the most Holy sacrament (i.e. consecrated bread) in their hospitals (or at the very least in one called…

Copy of a letter from PF to Alexander Winster, prefect of the Scottish mission. PF writes that in the future, he should not give money to his missionaries with the assumption that PF will pay it back. At the request of the prefect, PF has written to…

Copy of a letter from PF to the superior general of the Trinitarians. In January 1672 PF already ordered the superior to recall Bartolomeo Da Serrano from the mission in Algiers. Since the superior has not carried out this order, and Da Serrano is…

Copy of a letter from PF to the nuncio to Spain, asking him to order that Bartolomeo Da Serrano leave the mission. If this is not done, the vicar apostolic of Algiers [Jean Le Vacher] should impose censures on Da Serrano. Attached to this letter is…

Copy of a letter from PF to Jean Le Vacher, vicar apostolic of Algiers, stating that the cardinals approved Jean Le Vacher's choice of Marcello Costa as missionary of Bizerte. PF sends the patents which state that Jean Le Vacher himself should give…

Letter from PF and its secretary [Federico Baldeschi] to Jean Le Vacher. The Trinitarians keep pretending to be exempted from the jurisdiction of Jean Le Vacher. They also failed to order Bartolomeo Da Serrano to return. PF sent several letters but…

Copy of a letter from PF to the provicar of Tunis, in answer to a letter from the provicar of 12 March (probably about the treatment of Muslim children in Christianity). PF writes that, were the Christian children in Tunis treated like the Muslim…

Minutes of PF general meeting of 30 May 1672 discussing among other issues, a letter from the vicar apostolic of Algiers [Jean Le Vacher] from 13 November. He requests PF to decide among the following options: a) that the Capuchin Father Luigi Da…

Copy of a letter from PF to Jean Le Vacher, stating that PF has been told that there are no priests in Bizerte to assist the slaves there; therefore PF request that Jean Le Vacher choose a priest who can fulfill this task. The letter dated 14 March…

Letter from PF and its secretary [Federico Baldeschi] to Jean Le Vacher, about the Trinitarians in Algiers. In previous letters, PF praised Le Vacher because he warned them in a very brotherly way, about the Trinitarian brother Bartolomeo Da Serrano;…

Minutes of PF general congregation of 22 July 1671 discussing among other issues, the Trinitarians and Mercedarians who work in Algiers without a license from the apostolic vicar, Jean Le Vacher. PF secretary [Federico Baldeschi] contacted the two…

Minutes of PF general meeting of 10 November 1670 discussing among other issues, a report by "Francesco Frasero" about the Hebrides, in which he also has several requests. He asks for: a) more missionaries for the Hebrides; b) more schools and…

Minutes of PF general meeting of 10 November 1670 discussing among other issues, letters from the Capuchin Girolamo Da Sassari, (vice prefect to Algiers), the Minor Observant Antonio Di Seravezza (who worked in Algiers without patents of PF), and…

Minutes of the general meeting of PF, held on 10 November 1670, discussing among other issues, a letter by Jean Le Vacher in which he writes that he sent a Sicilian priest [Luigi Da Palermo] that he had ransomed for 600 piastre to the Tunis mission.…

Minutes of PF general meeting of 10 November 1670 discussing among other issues, a letter by Jean Le Vacher in which he asks for advice on how to deal with the regulars called "Del Riscatto," that come to Algiers to ransom slaves. They namely grant…

Copy of a letter from PF to the superior generals of the Trinitarians and Mercedarians, stating that members of these orders in Tunis and Algiers do not acknowledge the authority of the vicar apostolic [Jean Le Vacher] sent by the Holy See. The…

Copy of a letter from PF to Jean Le Vacher, vicar apostolic in Algiers. Le Vacher is told that his letter about the "Padri del Riscatto" and their unwillingness to obey him has been presented at a PF general meeting, and that the cardinals greatly…

Copy of a letter from PF to Jean Le Vacher, ordering Le Vacher to send the Minor Observant Antonio Di Seravezza back to his own province, in the case that he is in Tunis. Di Seravezza has neither been appointed vicar apostolic nor even a missionary…

Copy of a letter from PF to Jean Le Vacher, stating that the cardinals have approved his appointment of Father Luigi Da Palermo (a Capuchin), as pro-vicar of Tunis; its also noted that they admire the fact that he had to spend a considerable amount…

Copy of a letter from PF to Jean Le Vacher, vicar apostolic in Algiers, stating that many people have complained about the French consul in Tunis. Before PF refers this to the king of France, and asks him to remedy the problem, they want Le Vacher to…

Copy of a letter from PF to Girolamo Da Sassari, informing him that the cardinals of PF have judged him unsuited for the mission in Tunis, and therefore will revoke his patents. The letter states however, that the cardinals admire his zeal and would…

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…

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,…

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…
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