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 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.…
Letter from PF to the procurator general of four churches in Rome: Santa Francesca, [now Santa Maria Nova?], S. Carlino [San Carlo alle quattro fonte?], S. Dionisio and S. Adriano [San Adriano al Foro?]. PF asks them to save Vincenzo Piccinini who…
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…
Letter from PF to the vicar apostolic of Algiers [Benjamin-Joseph Huguier]. PF feels sorry for father Clemente Da Maenza (who when leaving Rome to return to his mission in Congo), was imprisoned and brought as a slave to Algiers. Despite PF hoping he…
Letter from PF to the vicar apostolic of Tunis [Jean Le Vacher]. The Dominican priest Silvestro Bandini was made a slave and brought to Tunis (when leaving Armenia). He reported the great need of priests in Tunis, and PF ask Le Vacher to grant him…
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…
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…
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…
Letter from PF to Andrea Grella, a slave in Tunis. PF regrets the difficult situation that Andrea Grella (and the other slaves), find themselves in. New pains have also been added to Grella, of which he is not to blame; one example is the money that…
Excerpt from a letter from PF-secretary [Federico Baldeschi] to Jean Le Vacher. The father general of the Trinitarians will recall his priest Bartolomeo Serrano [Bartolomeo Da Serrano]. Also the priests are instructed to obey Jean Le Vacher, and they…
Letter from PF secretary [Mario Alberizzi] to the nuncio to France [Celio Piccolomini]. From the attached letter, Piccolomini can learn about the thoughtfulness of Maresciallo della Migliaré [Marquis de La Meilleraye]. Alberizzi feels very fortunate…
Copies of letters from PF to Christophe Authier acknowledging the approval of his congregation's statutes and also referring to the college in Avignon, a mission in Sweden, and other matters.
Note on several indulgences requested by Jean Le Vacher, vicar apostolic of Algiers; the indulgences have already been obtained by PF, from the Congregation of Indulgences. Its noted that one indulgence needs papal consent.
In PF meeting of 23 July 1674, it was decided to raise the provision of the schoolmasters to 50 scudi a year. In the latest dispatch to Scotland however, the schoolmasters received 30 scudi (as they had been granted before the raise). In response,…
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…
Copy of a decree issued by PF on 9 August 1650, regarding the petition of Philippe Le Vacher to be declared apostolic vicar in Algiers. The main reason is to give him jurisdiction over the slave priests who cause scandal by their way of living. PF…
Minutes of PF general meeting of [1684] discussing among other issues, a petition on behalf of the general procurator of the Trinitarians. They ask that the superior of the Trinitarian hospitals in Algiers may be appointed prefect over the mission.…
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.
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…
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.
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…
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").
