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The letter begins with a list of 19 subjects from the papal states, that are slaves in Algiers. Because nobody is trying to free them, there are many subjects of the pope still in slavery in Tunis. They do not profit from the services of the orders…

The Trinitarian procurator states that his order always has mantained hospitals in Algiers, founded at their own expense. From the Holy See they received privileges to find churches and administer the sacraments. They had been doing this for 16…

Minutes of PF general meeting approving Hyacinth Guérin, member of the Recollect order from the Province of Lyon, as a missionary on the Barbary Coast, under the authority of Prefect Pascal Canto.

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…

Minutes of PF general meeting (held in the presence of the pope). Item 34 on the agenda records that Dominicus Raccus (probably a Capuchin) is to be granted missionary faculties for Tunis.

Minutes of PF general meeting granting missionary faculties with eleemosynary title to Julien Guérin, member of CM and "French consul" in Tunis.

Letter from Julien Guérin to PF: a) requesting the faculty to grant a marriage dispensation to a couple who had formerly renegated the Christian faith but currently live like Christians, so that they could legitimize their children; b) relating about…

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…

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.…

Minutes of PF general meeting discussing, among other issues, a letter from Julien Guérin: a) asking for faculty to grant dispensation to marry for a couple formerly converted to the Muslim faith but currently living according to Christian…

Letter from Julien Guérin to Cardinal Capponi, accompanying a few letters he is forwarding to PF and which he received from a Maur. Guérin apologizes that the letters are open, but he found them in this state. Guérin also mentions that: a) the plague…

Letter from the French consul in Tunis to Cardinal Capponi, attesting that the package of letters from the Levant, which Julien Guérin is sending to PF were all open (except for three of them), when Guérin received them from a slave priest who had…

Letter from Julien Guérin with several details about the Tunis mission, emphasizing the chronic lack of priests and asking for advice on dealing with irregularities among the Christian slaves in the city, such as usury and buying stolen goods. The…

Letter from Giuseppe Maria da Genoa, prefect of the Capuchin mission in Tabarca, offering details on many local issues (relative to Tabarca, Carthage, and the Capuchin mission in the region), but also relays news from Algiers by way of Julien Guérin…

Letter sent from PF to the nuncio to France, Nicolò Guidi di Bagno, asking the nuncio to report information on additional CM missionaries to be sent to the Barbary Coast: a) Jean Le Vacher as a companion for Julien Guérin in Tunis; and b) Jacques…

Minutes of PF general meeting discussing, among other issues, the request from Julien Guérin to have a companion [Jean Le Vacher] assigned for him in Tunis, and two other missionaries (as nominated by Vincent de Paul) approved for Algiers. One of the…

Letter from PF to the nuncio to France, Nicolò Guidi di Bagno, asking the nuncio to report information on additional CM missionaries to be sent to the Barbary Coast: a) Jean Le Vacher as a companion for Julien Guérin in Tunis; and b) J Jacques…

Letter from Giuseppe Maria da Genoa, prefect of the Capuchin mission in Tabarca, mentioning, among other things, the conflict in Tunis between Julien Guérin and a Jesuit Father from Naples (a senior chaplain of the king of Spain), called d'Angelo.…

Minutes of PF general meeting deciding to designate Jean Le Vacher from Paris, a "secular priest belonging to the Congregation of Vincent de Paul," as Julien Guérin's companion in Tunis.

Letter from Jean Le Vacher to the superior of CM in Rome (René Alméras) reporting: a) the death of Julien Guérin on 23 May 1648; b) that of Jacques Lesage [spelled Le Sagè] in Algiers approximately 20 days before; c) the slow recovery from his own…

Minutes of PF general meeting (held in presence of Pope Innocentius X) granting Jean Le Vacher the license to use the faculties transferred to him by the late Julien Guérin, who died before Le Vacher's arrival in Tunis.

Letter from Antonio da Genoa, of the Capuchin order, relating, among other things, that there were only two priests left in Algiers at that time, one from Majorca, the other French. According to the author of the letter, the French priest was of…

Minutes of PF general meeting of 9 August 1650 discussing among other issues, the petition by Jean Le Vacher, who asks to be declared vicar apostolic in Tunis. PF answers that he should write to the archbishop of Carthage, asking to be appointed…

Letter from Scipio Costaguti, archbishop of Carthage, to Monsignor Tighetti. He writes that PF had asked him to appoint a vicar in Algiers and Tunis, since both cities fall under his jurisdiction. Therefore he has written two patents and testifies…

Petition on behalf of Jean Le Vacher, missionary in Tunis to PF. He writes that by a decree of 22 June 1648 he was appointed vicar general of Monsignor Costaguti, the archbishop of Carthage. Yet on that decree instead of "Giovanni,"  "Philippo" was…

Minutes of PF general meeting of 6 March 1651 discussing among other issues, Jean Le Vacher's questions about whether he should allow slave priests (who cannot show their certificate of priesthood), to say mass; he also asks whether he should allow…

Copy of a letter from PF to Jean Le Vacher, vicar apostolic in Tunis. Le Vacher is asked for information about Father Guglelo [William] Lull, who is being held captive in Algiers. Lull has asked PF for a letter of recommendation for Padri del…

Petition on behalf of Jean Le Vacher, vicar apostolic in Tunis to PF. He asks for a plenary indulgence for everyone who, after having been to confession and having received communion, visits one of the five chapels in Bizerte, or one of the sixteen…

Petition on behalf of Jean Le Vacher, vicar apostolic in Tunis to PF. He asks for advice on two matters: a) whether he may allow slave priests who cannot show their certificate of priesthood to say mass, as long as they themselves (or others) swear…

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),…
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