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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…

Copy of a letter from PF to Jean Le Vacher, vicar apostolic of Algiers. Le Vacher is encouraged to continue assisting the slaves in their spiritual needs, and PF informs him that the pope has conceded an extraordinary indulgence for five altar…

Copy of a letter from PF to Michelangelo Ricci. Ricci is instructed to request from the Congregation of Indulgences, that some indulgences be granted to the five chapels in the bagnos of Algiers, which has been requested by the vicar apostolic [Jean…

Copy of a letter from PF to Jean Le Vacher, vicar apostolic of Algiers. Le Vacher is asked to inform PF whether a certain Stefano, captured on his way from Alexandria to Rome (where he was sent by the missionaries of Ethiopia in order to attend the…

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…

PF summary about the Scottish Colleges that are going to be visited. The summary includes information from the superior general of the Jesuits.  

Letter from PF to Alessandrus Winsterus [Alexander Winster]. PF deems the Catholics in the mountains areas (including those that have been Catholic for a very long time, and those recently converted), to be worthy of their paternal caring, due to the…

Letter from PF to Gio' Ambrosini [Jean Ambrozin]. For a very long time PF has had a vicar apostolic in Tunis, in order to help the many Christian slaves living there. Now however, Gio' LeVacher [Jean Le Vacher], who used to be vicar apostolic, has…

Letter from PF to Gio' LeVacher [Jean Le Vacher]. For years Le Vacher has exercised the function of vicar apostolic of Tunis, with kindness and zeal. Now PF wants him to support the vicariate of Algiers, who needs his piety just as much; there is no…

Letter from PF to Alexander Winster. PF will take care of the money needed to build the house at Dieppe. The schoolmasters have been given a provision of 300 scuta a year, so that they do not have to ask the parents of the children for donations. PF…

Letter from PF to the nuncio to France Card'l Roberti [Carlo Roberti de' Vittori]. The procurator general of the Congregation of the Discalded Augustinians of France, informed PF about the lack of financial aid for the mission in Barbary; the mission…

Letter from PF to 'Mons're Vgolini.' The vicar apostolic of Tunis [Jean Le Vacher] asked Pope [Alexander VII] for plenary indulgences for the slaves and other Christians staying in Tunis, but also in Tripoli and Algiers. The indulgences are required…

Letter from PF to the vicar apostolic of Tunis [Jean Le Vacher]. Jean Le Vacher. To help the slaves in Tunis and Tripoli in their spiritual needs, they give Le Vacher permission to grant faculties for three years to secular and regular priest…

Letter from PF to the nuncio to France, Carlo Roberti de' Vittori. PF has come to the understanding that Gio' LeVacher [Jean Le Vacher] has returned to Paris, leaving Tunis (where he used to be vicar apostolic), and the poor slaves behind. As the…

Letter from PF to the nuncio to France, Carlo Roberti de' Vittori. PF requests that de' Vittori ask Gio Le Vacher [Jean Le Vacher], to inform them about the qualities of Constantino Maurudi Da Tunisi (an Orthodox priest). They want to know: a) what…

Letter from PF to the nuncio to France, Carlo Roberti de' Vittori. CM superior [René Alméras] asked for faculties for a few priests of his congregation, that he wants to send to the mission in Madagascar. PF decided to send the faculties to de'…

Letter from PF to the nuncio to France [Carlo Roberti de' Vittori]. PF have been waiting for CM superior [René Alméras] to propose an Irish missionary to go to Scotland, instead of Gio' Bianchi [John White]. PF have waited a very long time for…

Letter from PF to Gio' Bianchi [John White]. The prefect of the mission of Scotland [Alexander Winster] has written to PF several times about the need of missionaries, especially in the Highlands. They speak a different language in the Highlands to…

Letter from PF to Alessandro Winstero [Alexander Winster]. PF has discussed many times the need for missionaries in Scotland, especially in the Highlands. They speak a different language in the Highlands to that in the Lowlands; it is this reason why…

Letter from PF to the nuncio to France about the establishment of a house in Normandy for [retired] Scottish missionaries; the nuncio is requested to obtain details about the costs of buying a house and other related expenses from a certain Coneo,…

Letter from PF to the nuncio to France [Carlo Roberti de' Vittori]. PF received the news that Gio' Bianchi [John White] will not travel to the Scottish mission. They are not sure about the reasons of CM superior [René Alméras]. PF proposes that in…

Letter from PF to Gio' LeVacher [Jean Le Vacher]. And'a Sta'ino [Andrea Stadino?] an Othodox Greek priest, obtained freedom from the Dey of Tripoli, after being kept in slavery for a number of years. He informed PF about the need of missionaries to…

Letter from PF to the vicar of Algiers [Jean Le Vacher?]. F' Gio' B'a da S. Malò [François Jean Baptiste de San Malò?] a Capuchin priest who was made a slave when returning to France (he has since been returned to Algiers with another Frenchman),…

Letter from PF to Gio' LeVacher [Jean Le Vacher]. In Rome is a deposit of 1,000 pezze da otto, that the Dey orginally gave to some Maltese captains in order to ransom a slave in Messina. They kept the money for themselves until they arrived in Rome,…

Letter from PF to the nuncio to France [Carlo Robberti de' Vittori]. Due to the spiritual need of the Catholics in the Highlands of Scotland, a letter has been sent to the Archbishop of Armagh [Edmund O'Reilly]. They ask him to find two Irish priests…

Letter from PF to the nuncio to France [Carlo Roberti de' Vittori]. The prefect of the mission of secular priests in Scotland [Alexander Winster] told PF about the current problem facing Catholics in the Highlands; they require a priest who could…

Letter from PF to the nuncio to France [Carlo Roberti de' Vittori]. PF wants to have information on the College founded for the service of the Scottish nation, which is administered by the Carthusians. PF asks de' Vittori to inform them about the…

Letter from PF to Eugenio Macalastrio [Alexander Eugene Macalister], the school master. In the letter they received from Macalister, he informed them about not only the progress that the Catholic Faith has made in certain regions, but also about the…

Letter from PF to the nuncio to France, Carlo Roberti de' Vittori. CM superior [René Alméras] warned for the need of missionaries for the mission in Madagascar, and he proposed to send two priests, Guglielmo Bonable [Guillaume Bonable] and Fran'co…
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