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Petition on behalf of the CM missionaries in Madagascar to PF, [1666]

Petition on behalf of the missionaries of Madagascar. In the past few months PF had appointed Michel Manié as prefect of the Madagascar mission. But together with the arrival of news about the death of the previous prefect (Nicolas Etienne), and…

Tags: [CM missionaries in Madagascar], Destination: Rome, Madagascar, Origin: [Madagascar], Petition, Petitions for faculties

Petition on behalf of CM Superior Vincent de Paul to PF [1657]

Petition [from CM] to PF. It recalls the fact that CM has been sending missionaries to Algiers and Tunis to help spiritually and materially the thousands of slaves in those cities, which they have been doing with great success. Since free priests are…

Tags: [CM], Algiers, Destination: Rome, Origin: [Paris], Petition, Petitions for faculties, Slaves (Christian), Tunis

Letter from the PF secretary [Federico Baldeschi] to the nuncio to France [Francesco Nerli], 1672-10-18, Rome

Copy of a letter from the secretary of PF to the nuncio to France, Francesco Nerli. The PF secretary [Federico Baldeschi] writes that he gave a package to the procurator of the Scottish mission [William Lesley], with the faculties for the new prefect…

Tags: [Federico Baldeschi], Destination: [Paris], Letter, Origin: Rome, Petitions for faculties, Scotland

Letter from [John] Walker to [William] Lesley, 1668-10-24

Copy of a letter from John Walker, prefect of the Scottish mission, to William Lesley. He writes about the fact that Giovanni Iruino [John Irvin] has arrived in Scotland with a letter from Cardinal Barberini which assured him (travel) provisions,…

Tags: [John] Walker, Destination: Rome, Letter, Origin: Scotland, Other secular missionaries, Petitions for faculties, Scotland, Scottish colleges

Petition on behalf of Julien Guérin to pope Innocent X [1646]

Petition on behalf of Gio' Guerino [Julien Guérin] priest of CM and missionary in Tunis, to PF. He asks for the missionary faculties which he still has not received. He needs them to absolve many cases and to bless the things that he needs for mass.…

Tags: [Julien Guérin], Destination: [Rome], Origin: [Tunis], Petition, Petitions for faculties, Tunis

Petition on behalf of Julien Guérin to PF, [1646]

Petition on behalf of Gio' Guerino [Julien Guérin] priest of CM and missionary in Tunis, to PF. He asks for the missionary faculties that he still has not received. Underneath the text of the petition the superior of CM in Rome, Joannes Dorineus…

Tags: [Julien Guérin], Destination: Rome, Jean Dehorgny, Origin: [Tunis], Petition, Petitions for faculties, Tunis

Petition on behalf of some Irish missionaries to PF [1661]

Petition on behalf of Irish priests Carlo Horano [Charles Horan?], Giouanni Borgo [John Borough?], Bianchi [Francis White], and Giouanni Suineo [John MacSwiney?] to PF, asking for missionary faculties and provisions, so that they can work under the…

Tags: [Charles Horan?], [Francis White] and [John MacSwiney?], [John Borough?], [William Ballentyne] on behalf of some Irish missionaries, Destination: Rome, Origin: [Scotland], Petition, Petitions for faculties, Petitions for missionary patents, Scotland

Petition on behalf of the Scottish missionaries to PF [1659]

Petition on behalf of the Scottish missionaries asking for the reconfirmation of the missionary faculties of the following missionaries, which will expire in 1660: Gulielmo Bannatino [William Ballantyne], Giouanni Valchero [John Walker], Giouanni…

Tags: [William Ballentyne] on behalf of the Scottish missionaries, Destination: Rome, John Smith and Thomas Lumsden., John Walker, Origin: [Scotland], Petition, Petitions for faculties, Scotland, William Ballentyne

Report about the mission in Scotland by [William Lesley], [1678]

Relation on the mission in Scotland. The covered subjects are the following: a) archbishoprics and bishoprics; b) the place of residence of the missionaries; c) the residence of the prefect of the mission; d) the universities; e) the Catholics…

Tags: [William Lesley], Destination:, Jesuits, Mission reports, Origin: [Rome], Petitions for faculties, Report, Scotland, Scottish Catholics abroad, Visitation

Petition on behalf of the Scottish missionaries to PF [1665]

Petition on behalf of the Scottish missionaries to PF including the following issues: a) the need of funding of a house where missionaries of the Scottish mission can retire; b) a list of the remaining missionaries (which are said to be too few)…

Tags: [William Lesley] on behalf of the Scottish missionaries, Destination: Rome, Origin: [Scotland], Petition, Petitions for faculties, Retirement missionaries, Scotland, Scottish colleges

Letter from Alexander Winster to [PF], 1673-03-15, Edinburgh

Letter from Alexander Winster to [PF]. He has received the order to recall Gilbertu' Graium [Gilberty Gray] from the mission, but he has not yet been able to do this; he needs money in order to cover Gray's travelling expenses. He also needs a refund…

Tags: Alexander Winster, Destination: [Rome], Letter, Origin: Edinburgh, Petitions for faculties, Scotland

Petition on behalf of Benjamin-Joseph Huguier to PF [1662]

Petition on behalf of Benjamin-Joseph Huguier, appointed by PF apostolic vicar in Algiers, asking for the usual missionary faculties. PF note on 49v. indicates that the cardinals have decided to send the request to the Holy Office. The petition is…

Tags: Algiers, Benjamin-Joseph Huguier, Destination: Rome, Origin: unknown, Petition, Petitions for faculties

Petition on behalf of [James Tyree] and mister [Blackall] to PF

Petition on behalf of mister Blaccallo [Blackall?] and Giacomo Tirio [James Tyree?] both Scottish priests living in Paris, to PF. They ask for the missionary faculties, a travel provision, the normal provisions, and the necessary sacred ornaments.…

Tags: Blackall, Destination: Rome, James Tyree, Origin: unknown, Petition, Petitions for faculties, Petitions for missionary patents, Scotland, Scottish Catholics abroad

Petition on behalf of CM to Urban VIII [1640]

Petition for permission that CM priests may grant plenary indulgence to those who make general or particular confession, as well as indulgence for ten years to those who listen to their exhortations. The petition also requests that CM members receive…

Tags: CM, CM petitions, Destination: [Rome], France (missions in), Origin: unknown, Petition, Petitions for faculties

Petition on behalf of the CM superior [Edme Jolly] to PF, [1685]

Petition on behalf of Edme Jolly superior of CM, to PF. He asks that Michel Monmasson (priest of CM), be appointed vicar apostolic of Algiers, to replace Jean Le Vacher who has passed away. The petition was discussed during the meeting of 8 January…

Tags: Algiers, CM petitions, Destination: Rome, Edme Jolly, Origin: [Paris], Petition, Petitions for faculties

Petition on behalf of CM Superior Edme Jolly to PF, [1681]

Petition on behalf of Edme Jolly, superior of CM to PF. He asks that PF give Andrea l’Escuier [André L'Escuier] missionary status and faculties, so that he can go to Algiers to help Jean Le Vacher, who has fallen ill and therefore cannot assist the…

Tags: Algiers, CM petitions, Destination: Rome, Edme Jolly, Origin: [Paris], Petition, Petitions for faculties, Petitions for missionary patents, Slaves (Christian)

Petition on behalf of Francesco Gatta and Giovanni Battista de Bonis to PF, [1676]

Petition on behalf of Francesco Gatta and Giovanni Battista de Bonis (priests from the diocese of Matera), to PF. They ask for the faculties to go to the mission of Algiers, and PF notes mention that the same request has been discussed during the PF…

Tags: Algiers, Destination: Rome, Francesco Gatta and Giovanni Battista de Bonis, Origin: unknown, Other secular missionaries, Petition, Petitions for faculties

Petition on behalf of Francis White to PF, [1664]

Petition on behalf of Francis White to PF asking for missionary faculties, as a continuation of the annual provision to which PF already consented. PF agrees to it during the meeting of 17 November 1664. The petition is unsigned and undated.

Tags: Destination: Rome, Francis White, Origin: [Scotland], Petition, Petitions for faculties, Petitions for missionary patents, Scotland

Letter from the nuncio to France, Giovanni Francesco Guidi di Bagno, to [Ludovico Ludovisi], 1628-08-15, Chives

Letter from the nuncio to France, Giovanni Francesco Guidi di Bagno, to Cardinal Ludovisi, accompanying the second 1628 petition for the approval of CM. The nuncio reiterates his support for CM, and defers to Cardinal Ludovisi the decision about the…

Tags: CM petitions, Destination: Rome, France (missions in), Giovanni Francesco Guidi di Bagno, Letter, Origin: Chives, Petitions for faculties

Two petitions on behalf of Girolamo Da Sassari to PF and to Pope Alexander VII, [1669]

Two petitions on behalf of the Capuchin Girolamo Da Sassari, prefect of the mission in Tunis. One is written to the pope, in which he explains why he left his mission in Tunis (the consul Jean Ambrozin threatened him, after Da Sassari demanded the…

Tags: Capuchins, Destination: Rome, Girolamo da Sassari, Origin: [Rome], Petition, Petitions for faculties, Slaves (Christian), Tunis

Letter from Girolamo Da Sassari to PF, 1666-09, Tunis

Letter from Girolamo Da Sassari to PF in which he recounts how Jean Le Vacher has left the mission in Tunis, and has given the faculties of vicar apostolic to Da Sassari (although he did not want to be vicar). Da Sassari states how this task is going…

Tags: Capuchins, Destination: Rome, Girolamo da Sassari, Letter, Origin: Tunis, Petitions for faculties

Letter from Henri Loys to Urban VIII, 1641-05-02, Poitiers

Letter from the bishop of Poitiers requesting that the Papal Bull, which the late Father Giuseppe of Paris had renewed on 21 February 1635, be continued, as had been the custom so far, in the following respects: a) the faculty of hearing confessions…

Tags: Capuchins, Conversion, Destination: [Rome], France (missions in), Henri Loys, Letter, Origin: Poitiers, Petitions for faculties

Petition on behalf of Jean Le Vacher to PF, [1668-1671]

Petition on behalf of Jean Le Vacher. He asks for the copies of the letters that PF has sent to him, in the case he loses one (as sometimes happens), he will still have the other. He especially asks for the copies of the letters about the spiritual…

Tags: Algiers, Destination: Rome, Innocentius X; Cardinal Pamphili; Dionisio Massari; Antonio Barberinus Jr.; Cardinal Chigi; Girolamo Casanata; Scipio Costaguti, Jean le Vacher; Federico Baldeschi, Letter, Origin: unknown, Other religious orders, Petition, Petitions for faculties, Petitions for missionary patents, Slave priests, Slaves (Christian), Tripoli, Tunis

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