Letter to [the nuncio to France, Nicolò Guidi di Bagno] to the PF secretary [Dionisio Massari], [1650]
Scotland
Letter to the nuncio to France, Nicolò Guidi di Bagno. The nuncio is asked to write to PF describing the difficult situation of the Catholic missionaries in Scotland because of persecution, poverty, the absence of protection and scarcity of priests. The author asks that the nuncio ask for an annual pension for six priests who plan to go there, and especially for two of them who are departing immediately: Gulielmo Bannatisno [William Ballantyne], who has been in Scotland and testifies that these matters are true, and Andrea [Andrew] Hay.
Additional comments
Date based on the time that Ballantyne went to Scotland for the first time, which was in 1650.
Unknown
APF SOCG 297, 256r
[1650]
Addressed to Nicolò Guidi di Bagno
Original, unsigned and undated
Italian
Letter
295
Origin: Rome
Destination: [France]
Letter from [the Assessor of the Holy Office] to [the PF prefect, Luigi Capponi], 1647-01-22
Ireland
Franciscans
Other religious orders
Letter from an unknown author (the signature is illegible) to [Luigi Capponi?] in which he mentions the pope's decision to distribute areas of Ireland, among PF cardinals. Therefore, the writer of the letter aks PF to confirm the decision. He moreover asks for the approval of certain candidates for different ecclesiastical posts in Ireland. The orders of the candidates are also taken into account, as there might be too many Franciscans, which upsets the Dominicans and Cistercians. The list of candidates with their orders and the cardinals responsible for each respective candidate follows. At the end of the letter, there is also a list of the amount of dioceses per order.
Date discussed: 1647-01-23
Additional comments
From two other documents it becomes clear that this was made by the Assessor of the Holy Office and that it was sent to Luigi Capponi, see: APF ACTA 17, 303r, 304r-305v, issue 4 (database item 148) and APF SOCG 145, 180r-184v (database item 164).
Unknown
APF SOCG 145, 180r-181v, 183v,184v
1647-01-22
Addressed to [Luigi Capponi]
For the minutes of the PF meeting where this matter was discussed, see: APF ACTA 17, 303r, 304r-305v, issue 4 (database item 148).
See for another version of the list of names: APF SOCG 145, 180r-184v (database item 164).
Italian
Letter
405
Origin: [Rome]
Destination: [Rome]
Letter from unknown to PF, 1646, Limerick
Ireland
Letter from an unknown author (the signature is illegible) writing from Limerick. Names mentioned: Eugene O'Neil and Pristonius.
Additional comments
Unknown
APF SOCG 145, 179r
1646
Addressed to PF
Latin
Letter
404
Origin: Limerick
Destination: Rome