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Letter from Giovanni Battista Garbi to PF. The slave Gian Battista Garbi, who used to work in the service of Abbot Carlo Grapi in the court of his Eminence in Poland, threw himself at his knees before his Emminence. He begged his Eminence for some…

Minutes of PF general meeting of 4 July 1650 discussing among other issues, the letter of the nuncio to Poland. He writes that the king of Poland has granted concessions to the Ruthenian Orthodox, and that he has protested against those concessions.…

Minutes of PF general meeting of 23 February 1654 discussing among other issues, a letter from the nuncio to Poland. He asks for a number of missionaries to be sent to Sweden to help the Catholics, now that they are no longer persecuted. The…

Minutes of PF general meeting of 24 August 1654 discussing among other issues, a petition on behalf of the bishop of Cracow. He asks that the faculty that he has previously been granted (namely that he can communicate his privileges to two or three…

Minutes of PF general meeting of 18 February 1658 discussing among other issues, the missions in Poland. The nuncio to Poland writes that the missionaries never report anything to him. He also proposes the foundation of a college to educate the…

Summary of the mission reports from the Scottish missionaries. It is a general report about the ongoing problems of the Scottish mission and the steps already taken by PF. The main issue is the chronic lack of priests, and although PF has done much…