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PF minutes, 1681-09-30, Rome
Minutes of PF General meeting of 30 September 1682 discussing amongst other issues, the case of Vincenzo Frascati and Francesco Gatta (which was dicussed during PF meeting of 8 April 1680). They are both missionaries in Tunis, and its believed that…
Summary on the mission in Barbaria, [1679], [Rome]
Summary on the mission in Barbaria. Trinitarian Procurator Ferdinando Di Alaba presents PF the five Trinatian hospitals in Algiers. Here the priests of his order do not only take care of the sick, but they also administer the sacraments, teach the…
PF minutes, 1678-03-29, Rome
Minutes of PF general meeting of 29 March 1678 discussing among other issues, a petition on behalf of the Venetian slaves in Algiers, Tunis and Tripoli. They ask that PF allow two Capuchins per city for the purpose of handling ransom money, because…
Summary of the case of Luigi Da Palermo, 1677-08-02, [Rome]
Summary of the case of Luigi Da Palermo. The Capuchin Commissary General Gios'e Da Ica [Gioseppe Da Ica] has brought a case to PF against Luigi [Da Palermo]. He reports that Luigi did not live a good religious life, and that he took 250 piastre from…
Tags: Capuchins, Conversion, Origin: [Rome], PF, Ransom, Slaves (Christian), Summary, Tunis
Letter from PF to Cardinal De Massimi, 1675-01-29, Rome
Letter from PF to Cardinal De Massimi. The cardinal had communicated to PF, that Trinitarian Father Mendeita commented on the accusations of eight slaves in Tunis against the Capuchin Carlo d’Ancona, who is provicar in Tunis. Since Cardinal De…
PF minutes, 1674-06-26, Rome
Minutes of PF general meeting of 26 June 1674 discussing among other issues, a letter from Carlo d'Ancona. Jean Le Vacher, vicar apostolic in Algiers, has sent him to be provicar in Tunis. D'Ancona reports on the state of the mission, and mentions…
Letter from PF to Jean Le Vacher, 1673-12-12, Rome
Copy of a letter from PF to Jean Le Vacher, vicar apostolic of Algiers. Carlo d'Ancona and Vincenzo da Frascati, two Capuchins, have been sent to Tunis to assist the slaves, and now ask for the usual faculties. PF asks Jean Le Vacher to give these…
Letter from PF to Jean Le Vacher, 1672-03-14, Rome
Copy of a letter from PF to Jean Le Vacher, stating that PF has been told that there are no priests in Bizerte to assist the slaves there; therefore PF request that Jean Le Vacher choose a priest who can fulfill this task. The letter dated 14 March…
Letter from PF to Jean Le Vacher, 1671-12-14, [Rome]
Letter from PF to Vicario Leuacher [Jean Le Vacher]. Following the departure of Luigi Da Palermon, the Christian slaves in Tunis have been left without anyone authorised to absolve specific cases. Therefore PF decided to send Marcello Costa to the…
Letter from PF to 'Abb'e Catalone', 1671-11-03, [Rome]
Letter from PF to 'Abb'e Catalone.' Included in the letter is the report on everything that happened in Algiers between Bartolomeo Da Serrano (a Trinitarian), and the vicar apostolic; also added are the writings of the vicar apostolic and decisions…
Tags: Algiers, Letter, Origin: [Rome], PF, Ransom, Slave priests, Slaves (Christian), Trinitarians
Letter from PF to Jean Le Vacher, 1671-08-03
Letter from PF to Gio' Levacher [Jean Le Vacher], vicar apostolic of Algiers. PF understands that Le Vacher has always cared for the Christians who stay in the areas assigned to him. It is also well known to PF that Le Vacher has always tried to…
Tags: Algiers, Capuchins, Destination: Algiers, Letter, Origin: [Rome], PF, Ransom, Slaves (Christian), Tunis
Letter from PF to Luigi Da Palermo, 1671-05-15, [Rome]
Letter from PF to Luigi Da Palermo, missionary in Tripoli. In Tripoli PF has founded a mission of Reformed Friar Minors to help the Christian slaves. PF has written a letter to the Trinitarian Fathers to ask if they could try to ransom Vincenzo…
Letter from PF to [the secretary of the Secretariate of Briefs to Princes and Latin Letters], 1671-05-15, [Rome]
Letter from PF to the secretary of the secretary of briefs to princes and latin letters, [Mons'r Alusio?]. The defense given to the pope by the trinitarian procurator general [Domenico Jafurt], has been returned to PF on 13 May 1671, by [Alusio?]. PF…
Letter from PF to Jean Le Vacher, 1671-05-02, [Rome]
Letter from PF to Jean Le Vacher. The letter is in response to a letter that Gio' Levacher [Jean Le Vacher] previously sent to PF, asking for a priest for the slaves of Tetouan, Salé and the other cities of the Dey Stafilet. PF gives him permission…
Letter from PF to Jean Le Vacher, 1669-06-08, Rome
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…
Letter from PF to Jean Le Vacher, 1669-05-12, Rome
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…
Tags: Algiers, Destination: [Algiers], Letter, Origin: Rome, PF, Ransom, Slaves (Christian), Tunis
Letter from PF to Jean Le Vacher, 1667-12-03, [Rome]
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…
Tags: Algiers, Letter, Origin: [Rome], PF, Slaves (Christian), Tunis
Letter from PF to Ugolini, [1666], [Rome]
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…
Tags: Algiers, Letter, Origin: [Rome], PF, Slaves (Christian), Tripoli, Tunis
Letter from PF to Jean Le Vacher, [1666], [Rome]
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…
Tags: Letter, Origin: [Rome], PF, Slaves (Christian), Tripoli, Tunis
Letter from PF to the nuncio to France, Carlo Roberti de' Vittori, 1666-[11]-27, [Rome]
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, 1666-[11]-27, [Rome]
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 Jean Le Vacher, 1666-03-27, [Rome]
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 [Jean Le Vacher], 1666-03-27, [Rome]
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 Jean Le Vacher, 1666-02-13, [Rome]
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,…
Tags: Algiers, Destination: [Tunis], Letter, Malta, Origin: [Rome], PF, Ransom, Slaves (Christian), Tunis
Letter from PF to the vicar of Tunis [Jean Le Vacher], Rome, 1662-06-12
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…
Letter from PF to the vicar of Algiers, [Benjamin-Joseph Huguier], Rome, [1662]
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 Jean Le Vacher, 1657-11-12, Rome
Copy of a letter from PF to Jean Le Vacher, vicar apostolic in Tunis. Le Vacher is asked to favorably receive Father Benedetto di S. Anna (a Discalced Augustine), who is travelling to Tunis to assist the Christian slaves. The letter dated 12 November…
PF minutes, 1652-12-09, Rome
Minutes of PF general meeting of 9 December 1652 discussing among other issues, a petition on behalf of Jean Le Vacher, vicar apostolic in Tunis. He asks that his mission be extended to Tripoli, as had been the case for his predecessor Julien Guérin;…
PF minutes, 1652-09-09, Rome
Minutes of PF general meeting of 9 September 1652 discussing among other issues, a petition on behalf of Jean Le Vacher, member of CM and vicar apostolic in Tunis. He asks for three things: a) the authority over all religious (both free and slaves),…
PF minutes, 1645-12-18, Rome
Minutes of PF general meeting discussing, among other issues, whether to grant Dominicus Raccus missionary faculties for Tunis. The subject was referred by Cardinal Ginetti and was based on a letter from two slaves from Tunis, who requested that the…