Letter from PF to the nuncio to France, Bernardino Spada, 1627-01-23, Rome
Cardinal rings
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 for the cardinal ring. The letter suggests that Cardinal Spada mention the names of Cardinals de Sourdis, "Ricoglieu" and "Marimont," who have paid their dues, as examples to be followed. The second part of the letter deals with Gabriel Sionita.
Additional comments
PF
APF LETTERE 6, 3v-4r
1627-01-23
Addressed to Bernardino Spada
Contemp. copy; not signed; Italian
Italian
Letter
33
Origin: Rome
Destination: [France]
PF minutes, 1627-02-22, Rome
Capuchins
Petitions for faculties
Minutes of SC general meeting allowing the Capuchins to hear the confessions not only of heretics, but also of Catholics (and to grant them indulgences) throughout France, with the exception of important towns and cities.
Additional comments
The PF general meetingwas held in the Vatican, in the presence of the pope. Seven cardinals and three clerks were present: "Bandinus, Millinus, Borgia, Bentiuolus, Ludouisius, Magalottus et Barbarinus, et R'mi Sanctacrucius, et Montius, et P'r D'nicus à Scala, qui attulit scuta 250. Sac. Cong'ni donata." (f. 184r).
PF
APF ACTA 4 184r, 186r, issue 7
1627-02-22
Original registry entry; Latin
Latin
Minutes
50
Origin: Rome
Destination:
Letter from PF to the nuncio to France, Bernardino Spada, 1627-03-13, Rome
Cardinal rings
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 the archbishop an "effective" letter, hoping that it would produce the desired results, together with the efforts of Cardinal Spada himself, especially considering the success that he [Cardinal Spada] had had with Cardinal de Sourdis on a similar matter. PF also asks Cardinal Spada to remind Cardinal de La Valette about his promise to pay for his own cardinal ring, and about the fact that many other French cardinals have already paid their dues. The second part of letter refers to Gabriel Sionita.
Additional comments
PF
APF LETTERE 6, 34v-35r
1627-03-13
Addressed to Bernardino Spada
Contemp. copy; not signed; Italian
Italian
Letter
34
Origin: Rome
Destination: [France]
PF minutes, 1627-04-16, Rome
Capuchins
France (missions in)
Minutes of PF general meeting discussing, among other things, the request by the Count of Joigny to grant the Capuchins from his town the faculty to hear the confessions of the town dwellers; PF asks for the opinion of the curia's procurator, who would see the general of the order soon and transmit his response.
Additional comments
PF
APF ACTA 4, 204r-v, 208r, issue 19
1627-04-16
In reply to: APF SOCG 387, 142r, 148v (database item 28).
Original registry entry; Latin
Latin
Minutes
42
Origin: Rome
Destination:
PF minutes, 1627-05-21, Rome
Cardinal rings
Minutes of PF general meeting discussing, among other things, the issue of the cardinal fee due by the heirs of the late Cardinal de Retz.
Additional comments
PF
APF ACTA 4, 214r, 219r, issue 9
1627-05-21
Original registry entry; Latin
Latin
Minutes
43
Origin: Rome
Destination:
Letter from PF to the nuncio to France, Giovanni Francesco Guidi di Bagno, 1627-05-28, Rome
Cardinal rings
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), regarding the cardinal ring fee issue. PF, in the presence of the pope, decided to write the following to the nuncio: a) that the archbishop's argument that the late Cardinal de Retz was not supposed to pay the cardinal ring fee is not valid, because Cardinals Gusman of Spain and Richelieu of France paid it, even though they had not received the capello (the cardinal hat); b) the nuncio should try to see if the ring fee could be obtained from the owners of the late Cardinal de Retz's property, since the archbishop and the other relatives are excusing themselves by saying that they are not his heirs. Prehaps in this manner, they would have decide to pay it.
Additional comments
PF
APF LETTERE 6, 70v
1627-05-28
Addressed to Giovanni Francesco Guidi di Bagno
Contemp. copy; not signed; Italian
Italian
Letter
35
Origin: Rome
Destination: [France]
PF minutes, 1627-06-05, Rome
Galleys
Capuchins
France (missions in)
Minutes of PF general meeting rejecting the request by the count of Joigny to allow the Capuchins to instruct, hear confessions, and teach the catechism to the soldiers and sailors working on the triremes under his control.
Additional comments
PF
APF ACTA 4, 225r, 237r, issue 30
1627-06-05
In reply to: APF SOCG 129, 140r-141r, (database item 6).
Original registry entry; Latin
Latin
Minutes
45
Origin: Rome
Destination:
PF minutes, 1627-06-05, Rome
CM petitions
France (missions in)
Minutes of PF general meeting discussing, among other things, the first petition for approval of the CM. PF asks for more information from the nuncio.
Additional comments
PF
APF ACTA 4, 225r, 231r-v, issue 13
Published in full and analyzed in A.Coppo, "Documenti inediti per la storia della Congregazione della Missione, presso l'archivio della S. C. 'De Propaganda Fide,''' Annali della Missione 80:1 (1973): 222-255, here 234-236. For two discrepancies between the original and Coppo, see attached file.
1627-06-05
Original registry entry; Latin
Latin
Minutes
44
Origin: Rome
Destination:
Letter from PF to the nuncio to France, Giovanni Francesco Guidi di Bagno, 1627-06-11, Rome
CM petitions
France (missions in)
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 the decree.
Additional comments
PF
APF LETTERE 6, 82r
Published in full and analyzed by A. Coppo in "Documenti inediti per la storia della Congregazione della Missione, presso l'archivio della S. C. 'De Propaganda Fide,''' Annali della Missione 79:3-4 (1972): 37-65, here 236-237 (no notable discrepancies between the document and Coppo's transcript). English translation in P. Coste, ed., Saint Vincent de Paul: Correspondence, Conferences, Documents (Brooklyn, NY: 1985-2010), vol. 13a, doc. 63a.
1627-06-11
Addressed to Giovanni Francesco Guidi di Bagno
Contemp. copy; not signed; Italian
Italian
Letter
36
Origin: Rome
Destination: [France]
PF minutes, 1627-08-13, Rome
Cardinal rings
Minutes of PF general meeting discussing a letter from the nuncio to France, Giovanni Francesco Guidi di Bagno, who let the cardinals know that the archbishop of Paris had promised to pay the overdue cardinal fee of his late brother. See the attached file.
Additional comments
PF
APF ACTA 4, 273v, issue 21
1627-08-13
Original registry entry; Latin
Latin
Minutes
49
Origin: Rome
Destination:
PF minutes, 1627-11-09, Rome
CM petitions
France (missions in)
Minutes of PF general meeting approving the establishement of CM as a "mission" (after having rejected two petitions requesting the approval of its establishment as a "congregation").
Additional comments
PF
APF ACTA 4, 304r, 305r-v, issue 5
Pulished in full and analyzed in A. Coppo, "Documenti inediti per la storia della Congregazione della Missione, presso l'archivio della S. C. 'De Propaganda Fide,''' in Annali della Missione 80:1 (1973): 222-255, here 237-242. For a few minor discrepancies between the original and Coppo, see attached file.
1627-11-09
Original registry entry; Latin
Latin
Minutes
46
Origin: Rome
Destination:
Letter from PF to the nuncio to France, Giovanni Francesco Guidi di Bagno, 1627-11-13, Rome
CM petitions
France (missions in)
Letter from PF to the nuncio to France, asking him to let Vincent de Paul know that PF approved his mission.
Additional comments
PF
APF LETTERE 6, 172r-v
Published in full and analyzed by A. Coppo in "Documenti inediti per la storia della Congregazione della Missione, presso l'archivio della S. C. 'De Propaganda Fide,''' Annali della Missione 79:3-4 (1972): 222-255, here 242-245 (no notable discrepancies between the document and Coppo's transcript). English translation in P. Coste, ed., Saint Vincent de Paul: Correspondence, Conferences, Documents (Brooklyn, NY:1985-2010), vol. 13a, doc. 65c.
1627-11-13
Addressed to Giovanni Francesco Guidi di Bagno
Contemp. copy; not signed; Italian
Italian
Letter
37
Origin: Rome
Destination: [France]
PF minutes, 1628-08-22, Rome
CM petitions
France (missions in)
Minutes of PF general meeting rejecting CM's first 1628 petition.
Additional comments
PF
APF ACTA 6, 107r, 110v-111r, issue 9
Published by A. Coppo in "Documenti inediti per la storia della Congregazione della Missione, presso l'archivio della S. C. 'De Propaganda Fide,''' Annali della Missione 79:3-4 (1972): 37-65, here 48-51. For one minor discrepancy between the original and Coppo, see attached file.
1628-08-22
Original registry entry; Latin
Latin
Minutes
47
Origin: Rome
Destination:
Letter from PF to the nuncio to France, Giovanni Francesco Guidi di Bagno, 1628-09-01, Rome
CM petitions
France (missions 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 of missionaries.
Additional comments
PF
APF LETTERE 7, 119r-v
Published in full and analyzed by A. Coppo in "Documenti inediti per la storia della Congregazione della Missione, presso l'archivio della S. C. 'De Propaganda Fide,''' Annali della Missione 79:3-4 (1972): 37-65, here 51-53 (no discrepancies between the document and Coppo's transcript, except for a change from singular "la scrittura" to plural "le scritture"). English translation in Coste En. XIIIa, doc. 73a.
1628-09-01
Addressed to Giovanni Francesco Guidi di Bagno
Contemp. copy; not signed; Italian
Italian
Letter
38
Origin: Rome
Destination: [France]
Letter from PF to the nuncio to France, Giovanni Francesco Guidi di Bagno, 1628-09-30, Rome
CM petitions
France (missions in)
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.
Additional comments
PF
APF LETTERE 7, 136r-v
Fragment relevant to CM published and analyzed by A. Coppo in "Documenti inediti per la storia della Congregazione della Missione, presso l'archivio della S. C. 'De Propaganda Fide,''' Annali della Missione 79:3-4 (1972): 37-65, here 62-64 (no discrepancies between the document and Coppo's transcript, except for minor orthographic and punctuation changes). English translation in P. Coste, ed., Saint Vincent de Paul: Correspondence, Conferences, Documents (Brooklyn, NY: 1985-2010), vol. 13a, doc. 73c.
1628-09-30
Addressed to Giovanni Francesco Guidi di Bagno
Contemp. copy; not signed; Italian
Italian
Letter
39
Origin: Rome
Destination: [France]
PF minutes, 1629-01-30, Rome
Cardinal rings
PF deems it inappropriate to convince the archbishop of Paris to pay the fee for the cardinal ring of his late brother, by waving the annate overdue for a certain abbey that the archbishop had been administering for seven years. PF decides to instruct the nuncio to convince the archbishop to pay the fee and then petition the pope separately for the abbey-related problem.
Additional comments
PF
APF ACTA 6, 214v-215r, issue 21
1629-01-30
Original registry entry; Latin
Latin
Minutes
48
Origin: Rome
Destination:
Letter from PF to the nuncio to France, Giovanni Francesco Guidi di Bagno, 1629-02-08, Rome
Cardinal rings
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) that PF ask the pope to grant relief from the archbishop's obligation to pay the overdue annate for an abbey he had administered for several years, in return for his paying the cardinal ring fee. PF did not find it "convenient" to ask His Holiness for this favor as a way to convince the archbishop to pay the cardinal fee. PF instructs the nuncio to talk again with the archbishop about the matter and try to convince him to pay for the ring, and then that he (the nuncio) should write again to PF, who will try to see what the pope can do to "give him satisfaction," all the while reminding the archbishop that he should 'ease his conscience' and pay the overdue annate.
Additional comments
PF
APF LETTERE 8, 24v-25v
1629-02-08
Addressed to Giovanni Francesco Guidi di Bagno
Contemp. copy; not signed; Italian
Italian
Letter
40
Origin: Rome
Destination: [France]
PF minutes, 1631-08-26, Rome
Cardinal rings
Minutes of PF general meeting mentioning, among other topics, that the fee for the cardinal ring of the late Cardinal de Retz was paid (supposedly by the archbishop of Paris, but he is not mentioned) thanks to the efforts of Cardinal of Balneo, the nuncio to France at that time. The final sum was higher than the standard fee (690.75, versus the regular 500 scudi).
Additional comments
PF
APF ACTA 7, 366v, issue 2
1631-08-26
Original registry entry; Latin
Latin
Minutes
51
Origin: Rome
Destination:
PF minutes, 1633-06-13, Rome
CEC
France (missions in)
Minutes of PF general meeting mentioning the congregation that Father Hyacinth from Paris wants to establish and its statutes (to be examined by PF).
Additional comments
PF
APF ACTA 8, 235r, 239r, issue 13
1633-06-13
Original registry entry; Latin
Latin
Minutes
53
Origin: Rome
Destination:
PF minutes, 1633-07-12, Rome
CEC
France (missions in)
Minutes of particular congregation ("congregatio particularis"), assembled at the pope's order, in order to discuss the statutes of CEC. Amendments proposed chapter by chapter. F. 264r: "Fuit ex speciali mandato S'mi D.N. Cong. part'ris super negotijs/ propositis à F're Hiacyntho de Parisijs Capuc'no in/ Quirinali apud Emin'mum D'num Card'lem S'ti Honuphrij/ cum interuentu olius Emin'mi D'ni Card'lis Spadę/ cum D'orus Card'lis Bentiuolus ob infirmitatem illam/ in Palatio suo recipere non potuisset." Note in margin reads: "Cong’o part’ris/ super societate/ S’te Crucis Parisiis/ erectę/ Vide in seq’ti Cong’ne/ aliqua ex l’ris decre/tis emendata."
Additional comments
PF
APF ACTA 8, 264r-267v
1633-07-12
Original registry entry; Latin
Latin
Minutes
54
Origin: Rome
Destination:
PF minutes, 1633-07-19, Rome
CEC
Minutes of PF general meeting (held in the presence of the pope), discussing, among other matters, the amended statutes of CEC. Some amendments are mentioned in detail. F. 267v: "Fuit Cong'o in Quirinali coràm Sanct'mo, cui interfuerunt octo/ Card'les, ult' Bentiuolus, Sancti Honuphrij, Caetanus, Spa/da, Sancti Sixti Pamphylius, Ginettus, et Card'lis Antonius/ et R'mi D'ni Raymundus Torniellus, et Assessor S'ti Off'I."
Additional comments
PF
APF ACTA 8, 267v, 272r-v, issue 13
1633-07-19
Original registry entry; Latin
Latin
Minutes
55
Origin: Rome
Destination:
PF minutes, 1633-08-13, Rome
CEC
France (missions in)
Minutes of PF general meeting discussing the request by Father Hyacinth (Capuchin) that his mission (CEC?) be confirmed for the entire territory of France; there is confusion between the nuncio and the procurator of the Capuchins on the nature of this particular mission. The general meeting was held in Cardinal Bentivoglio's palace; seven cardinals and two clerks were present: "Bentiuolus, Cae/tanus, Spada S'ti Sixti Pamphylius, Ginettus, et Anto/nius, et R'mi D'ni Torniellus, et Assessor S'ti Offitij." (f. 278v)
Additional comments
PF
APF ACTA 8, 278v, 279r-v, issue 3
1633-08-13
Original registry entry; Latin
Latin
Minutes
52
Origin: Rome
Destination:
Letter from PF to the nuncio to France, Alessandro Bichi, 1633-10-08, Rome
CEC
France (missions in)
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 and is sending them to the nuncio for his opinion. After consultation with the nuncio the statutes ("constitutiones") will be inserted in the Apostolic Breve meant for the said Father. The statutes themselves were not filed in this volume.
Additional comments
PF
APF LETTERE 13, 113v-114
1633-10-08
Addressed to Alessandro Bichi
Contemp. copy; not signed; Italian
Italian
Letter
41
Origin: Rome
Destination: [France]
PF notes about CEC [1634] Rome
CEC
France (missions in)
Internal PF document containing comments on the statutes of CEC, detailed chapter by chapter," to be shown only to the archbishop and the nuncio."
Additional comments
PF
APF SOCG 199, 79r
[1634]
Original; not signed; no formal address or date; Latin and Italian; almost illegible
Latin
Italian
Notes
57
Origin: Rome
Destination:
PF decree regarding CEC, 1635-04-19, 1635-05-28, Rome
CEC
France (missions in)
Summaries of two PF decrees regarding the approval of the statutes of CEC on the condition that: a) the number of members stay below 50; b) that the members be residents of Paris and older than 24; c) that of the six administrators, three can be ecclesiastics as long as their functions are not incompatible; and d) that elections of the prior and other officials should not be done on the day of the feast of the Exaltation of the Saint Cross, but on a different day.
Additional comments
PF
APF SOCG 199, 95r-v
1635-04-19, 1635-05-28
Original; Italian
Italian
Decree
61
Origin: Rome
Destination:
PF minutes, 1640-02-03, Rome
CM petitions
France (missions in)
Petitions for faculties
Minutes of PF general meeting discussing a new petition by Vincent de Paul requesting indefinite faculties for CM. PF decides to write to the nuncio to France, requesting information on the progress and usefulness of CM, considering that PF does not grant such faculties; except to certain persons, and after having strictly inquired about their character, knowledge, and prudence.
Additional comments
PF
APF ACTA 14, 17r,23r-v, issue 19
Printed in Vincentiana(see P. Coste, ed., Saint Vincent de Paul: Correspondence, Conferences, Documents (Brooklyn, NY: 1985-2010), vol. 13a, p. 311); cited by B. Jacqueline in J. Metzler, ed., Sacrae Congregationis de Propaganda Fide Memoria Reru, vol. I/2 (Rome, Freiburg, Vienna: Herder, 1972), here 131.
1640-02-03
In response to: APF SOCG 401, 590r, 591v (database items 155 & 156).
For the letter to the nuncio to France, see: APF LETTERE 20, 9v-10r (database item 157).
Original registry entry; Latin
Latin
Minutes
146
Origin: Rome
Destination:
PF minutes, 1640-02-03, Rome
France (missions in)
Minutes of PF general meeting discussing the matrimonial dispensations requested by priests of CM on behalf of two consanguineous couples, one from the diocese of Sens but living in Paris, and the other from "N." diocese; both granted by PF.
Additional comments
PF
APF ACTA 14, 17r, 21v-22r, issue 14
1640-02-03
Original registry entry; Latin
Latin
Minutes
145
Origin: Rome
Destination:
Letter from PF to Ranuccio Scotti, 1640-02-11, Rome
CM petitions
France (missions in)
Petitions for faculties
Letter from PF to the nuncio to France, Ranuccio Scotti, regarding CM petition for "reformed faculties for France" (filed in 1640), asking for information about the usefulness and progress of CM, and the nuncio's opinion about their request.
Additional comments
The Vincentiana edition was not consulted for the purposes of this database.
PF
APF LETTERE 20, 9v-10r
Vincentiana [1973], p. 113 (see P. Coste, ed., Saint Vincent de Paul: correspondance, entretiens, documents(Paris: 1920-25), vol. 13a, doc. 85c, p. 311, fn. 2).
1640-02-11
Addressed to Ranuccio Scotti
See for the two petitions: APF SOCG 401, 587r, 594v (database item 155) and APF SOCG 401 590r, 591v (database item 156).
Contemp. copy; not signed; Italian
Italian
Letter
157
Origin: Rome
Destination: [France]
Letter from PF to Christophe Authier, 1641-10-05, Rome
Christophe Authier
France (missions in)
Petitions for faculties
Copy of letter from PF to Christophe Authier in Marseille, acknowledging the benefits of his activities and letting him know that PF would send him the requested faculties soon. The letter also requests further news of the progress of Authier's congregation, as well as their statutes.
Additional comments
PF
APF LETTERE 9, 147r-v
1641-10-05
Addressed to Christophe Authier
Contemp. copy; not signed; Latin
Latin
Letter
30
Origin: Rome
Destination: Marseille
PF minutes, 1643-03-03, Rome
Christophe Authier
France (missions in)
Minutes of PF general meeting discussing Christophe Authier's petition requesting confirmation of his congregation. PF rejects the petition, but the cardinals are willing to consider granting faculties to individual members of Authier's congregation.
Additional comments
PF
APF ACTA 15, 285r, 288r-v, issue 15
1643-03-03
Compare with: APF ACTA 14, 21v-22r (database item 146).
Original registry entry; Latin
Latin
Minutes
150
Origin: Rome
Destination: