Copy of a letter from PF to the nuncio to France, Nicolò Guidi di Bagno. The letter states that PF received the report that the nuncio made about the Scottish mission, and have asked him to continue reporting on the mission. The letter dated 20 June…
Copy of a letter from PF to the nuncio to France, Nicolò Guidi di Bagno. The nuncio is asked to inform Vincent de Paul that the cardinals decided to assign the mission of Algiers to Jean Le Vacher and Jacques Lesage.
Copy of a letter from PF to the nuncio to France, Nicolò Guidi di Bagno. The cardinals have accepted the apology of Vincent de Paul regarding the mission of Madagascar, and they have also conceded the mission to the two priests going there, as can be…
Copy of a letter from PF to the nuncio to France, Nicolò Guidi di Bagno. The nuncio is asked to offer Ludovico Albret his protection for the duration of his affairs, and to make the necessary arrangements with Vincent de Paul, so that Albret can…
Copy of a letter from PF to the nuncio to France, Nicolò Guidi di Bagno, in which the nuncio is asked to investigate whether Pascale Canto (a member of the order of the "Cordellieri"), is a suitable candidate to become prefect of the missions on the…
Copy of a letter from PF to the nuncio to France, Nicolò Guidi di Bagno. The nuncio is asked to choose from the seven candidates proposed by Vincent de Paul for the mission in Madagascar, those he deems suitable, and the number he thinks will suffice…
Copy of a letter from PF to the nuncio to France, Nicolò Guidi di Bagno. The nuncio asked for two things: a) to verify that "Giacomo Walchero" [John Walker?] account about the Scottish mission is true, (namely that it is successful and that many more…
Copy of a letter from PF to the nuncio to France, Nicolò Guidi di Bagno. The original letter was accompanied by a bill of exchange of 200 scudi, for the provisions of the Scottish missionaries Guglielmo Bauentino [William Ballentyne], and Gioua[n]ni…
Copy of a letter from PF to the nuncio to France, Celio Piccolomini, in which PF asks the nuncio to provide the necessary objects for mass, that the Scottish missionaries have asked for. PF leaves their amount and quality up to the judgment of the…
Letter from PF to the nuncio to France, Celio Piccolomini. Due to the death of Carlo Naqueart [Charles Nacquart], there is a vacancy in the position of prefect of the mission of Madagascar. CM superior [Vincent de Paul] has proposed Tonsano…
Copy of a letter from PF to the nuncio to France, Nicolò Guidi di Bagno, letting the nuncio know that his letter (together with the attached letter by Vincent de Paul), has arrived and will be discussed in due time. The letter dated 3 September 1656.…
Letter from PF to the nuncio to France, Giovanni Francesco Guidi di Bagno, in Paris regarding the Confraternity of the Exaltation of the Saint Cross, established by Father "Giacinto da Parigi Cappucino." PF amended the statutes of the confraternity…
Letter from PF to Cardinal Spada, letting him know about the decision taken in the general congregation held on the 15 January 1627, which instructs him to convince the archbishop of Paris to have the heirs of the late Cardinal de Retz pay the fee…
Letter from PF to Cardinal Spada, letting him know that the cardinals of PF do not think it is a good idea that the pope write a letter to the archbishop of Paris asking him to pay the cardinal ring fee. Instead, PF asks Cardinal Bentivogli to write…
Letter from PF to the nuncio to France, Giovanni Francesco Guidi di Bagno, letting him know about the response of the archbishop of Paris to Cardinal Bentivoglio (attached on a separate paper and filed not in this volume, but in the SOCG collection),…
Letter from PF to the nuncio to France, Giovanni Francesco Guidi di Bagno, enclosing a decree regarding CM (the text of the decree itself was not filed in this volume) and asking for more information on Vincent de Paul's congregation, as detailed in…
Letter from PF to the nuncio to France, Giovanni Francesco Guidi di Bagno, in Paris, informing him of the cardinals' decision to reject the (second) CM petition of that year, which had requested PF to confirm the establishment of CM as a congregation…
Letter from PF to the nuncio to France, Giovanni Francesco Guidi di Bagno, in Paris, letting him know that the cardinals have already decided on the matter of CM, as already announced in the letter written on 1 September 1628.
Letter from PF to the nuncio to France, Giovanni Francesco Guidi di Bagno, in Paris about various matters; the last part refers to the cardinal ring issue. PF gives a negative response to the nuncio's suggestion (following the archbishop's request)…
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…
Letter from PF to the prefect of the mission in Tripoli. PF state that the faculties of the vicar apostolic (which were granted to Jean Le Vacher), only regard Algiers and Tunis (as written in the decree of 23 July 1674), and do not regard Tripoli.…
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…
Copy of a letter from the secretary of PF to the superior general of the Jesuits. PF asks the superior three things regarding the Jesuit mission in Scotland: a) to order his missionaries to disperse over the whole country, and not stay at particular…
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 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…
Letter from PF to the superior general of the Trinitarians. The letter states that the complaints of the Trinitarians about the vicar apostolic Jean Le Vacher are justified, and that PF will see to it that things are changed. It is noted that the…
Copy of a letter from PF to Thomas Lumsden and Alexander Winster, two missionaries in Scotland. They are encouraged to go on with their work, and are told that the requested provisions and objects necessary for mass, will be sent to them. The letter…
Copy of a letter from PF to Guglielmo Bannatino [William Ballentyne], prefect of the Scottish mission. PF gives him the faculty to summon all alumni of the Scottish colleges to the Scottish mission; he is to employ them in the regions where he deems…
Copy of a letter from PF to William Lesley, asking if he can provide the names, age, talents and occupations of the alumni of the colleges, that are now working in the Scottish mission (whether as regular or secular priests). The letter dated 15…
