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PF minutes, 1648-09-01, Rome
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.
Tags: Destination:, Minutes, Origin: Rome, Petitions for faculties, PF, Tunis
PF minutes, 1650-08-09, Rome
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…
Tags: Algiers, CM petitions, Destination:, Minutes, Origin: Rome, Petitions for faculties, PF, Tunis
PF minutes, 1651-03-06, Rome
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…
Letter from PF to Jean Le Vacher, 1651-06-05, Rome
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…
Tags: Algiers, Destination: Tunis, Letter, Origin: Rome, PF, Ransom, Slave priests, Tunis
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, 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, 1653-12-16, Rome
Minutes of PF general meeting of 16 December 1653 discussing among other issues, a petition on behalf of Jean Le Vacher, requesting the faculty to read multiple masses a day. The cardinals agree and forward the request to the Holy Office.
PF minutes, 1654-07-13, Rome
Minutes of PF general meeting of 13 July 1654 discussing among other issues, a petition on behalf of Jean Le Vacher (vicar apostolic in Tunis), in which he asks for the prolonging of his faculties, as the first seven years have already passed. The…
Tags: Destination:, Minutes, Origin: Rome, Petitions for faculties, PF, Tunis
PF minutes, 1655-07-12, Rome
Minutes of PF general meeting of 12 July 1655 discussing among other matters, a petition by Jean Le Vacher (CM priest and vicar apostolic in Tunis). He asks that PF exercise its authority and request that the land which Muslim slaves in Civitavecchia…
PF minutes, 1656-02-03, Rome
Minutes of PF general meeting of 3 February 1656 in the presence of the pope, discussing among other issues, a request by Jean Le Vacher. He asks to be given the faculties to consecrate chalices and alter stones, and to bless priestly vestments. The…
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, 1657-11-12, Rome
Minutes of PF general meeting of 12 November 1657 discussing among other issues, the request by Vincent de Paul that the vicars apostolic in Tunis and Algiers, may be allowed to exercise the office of consul in these cities. He sees no other…
Tags: Algiers, Destination:, Minutes, Origin: Rome, Petitions for faculties, PF, Tunis
PF minutes, 1657-11-12, Rome
Minutes of PF general meeting of 12 November 1657 discussing among other issues, the request by the procurator general of the Discalced Augustinians. They ask PF to write a letter of recommendation for Father Benedict of St. Anna, to Jean Le Vacher,…
Tags: Destination:, Minutes, Origin: Rome, Other religious orders, PF, Tunis
PF minutes, 1658-07-11, Rome
Minutes of PF general meeting of 11 July 1658 (in the presence of the pope), discussing among other issues, several complaints from two secular slave priests, and one Minor Observant in Tunis [Gregorio Bianchelli, Jacobo Vilar and Leonardo da…
PF minutes, 1659-09-25, Rome
Minutes of PF general meeting of 25 September 1659 discussing among other issues, complaints from the Christian slaves in Tunis, who say that the Muslim slaves (who live on the pope's galleys or lands, as well as those held on Malta), have reported…
Tags: Conversion, Destination:, Galleys, Malta, Minutes, Origin: Rome, PF, Slaves (Christian & Muslim), 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, Andrea Grella, a slave in Tunis, Rome, 1662-06-12
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…
Letter from PF to Jean Le Vacher, 1664-06-30
Draft of a letter from PF to Jean Le Vacher, vicar apostolic in Tunis. The letter mentions that the cardinals are glad to hear about Le Vacher's zeal and piety. They want to know more about the claims of the Dey of Tunis, and the money that he gave…
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 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 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 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 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, 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 Jean Ambrozin, 1667-26-03, [Rome]
Letter from PF to Gio' Ambrosini [Jean Ambrozin]. For a very long time PF has had a vicar apostolic in Tunis, in order to help the many Christian slaves living there. Now however, Gio' LeVacher [Jean Le Vacher], who used to be vicar apostolic, has…
Tags: Destination: [Tunis], Letter, Origin: [Rome], PF, Tunis
Summary of several letters by Jean Ambrozin, Antonio Di Seravezza, Girolamo Da Sassari and Luca Palmaro, [1668]
Extensive summary of several letters by Jean Ambrozin, Antonio Di Seravezza, Girolamo Da Sassari and Luca Palmaro, and the issues surrounding the return of Jean Le Vacher to the Barbary Coast. It includes PF analysis of the matter and the decision of…
Tags: Capuchins, Destination:, Origin: [Rome], PF, Seravezza case, Summary, Tunis
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 Antonio Di Seravezza, 1669-09-21, Rome
Copy of a letter from PF to Antonio Di Seravezza, a Minor Observant working in Tunis. He is told that he will not be given the faculties that allow him to keep Father Giuseppe della Pantellaria from misbehaving, but that PF has ordered Jean Le…
Letter from PF to Jean Le Vacher, 1669-09-21, Rome
Copy of a letter from PF to Jean Le Vacher, vicar apostolic in Algiers. PF writes that Antonio Di Seravezza is doing good works in Tunis, however it is without the authority of PF. He has tried to put a halt to the abuses of some priests in the city,…
Summary of SOCG 424 on the case of Antonio Di Seravezza and Girolamo Da Sassari, 1670-11-10
PF summary of SOCG 424. Because Gio' LeVacher [Jean Le Vacher] could no longer stay as vicar apostolic in Tunis, Girolamo Da Sassari was sent there as vicar prefect; this authority was later given to Antonio Da Serauezza. They did many good things in…
Tags: Algiers, Capuchins, Destination: [Rome], Franciscans, Origin: [Rome], PF, Seravezza case, Summary, Tunis