Letter from [Cherubino Da Frascati to PF, 1679, Rome]

Letter from [Cherubino Da Frascati to PF, 1679, Rome]

Barbary (unspecified or several locations)

Conversion

Slaves (Christian)

Tunis

Letter from [Cherubino Da Frascati]. He presents himself to PF following his return. The vicar general, Gio' Leuascer [Jean Le Vacher], ordered him to return, as the slave priests complained that they did not receive any alms. After this Le Vacher decided that Cherubino had to go back (as one can read from the attached letter), together with some other companions. Though it might prove to be necessary to let some of them return to Barbary, it was also required in order to end the abuses of taverns, and other offenses by the slave priests. The Christians there still complain that the redemption orders never appeared to free them. Many of them decided to convert, and around 150 of them did so whilst Cherubino stayed there; many more would have converted if there were no missionaries. Giuseppe Forte, a Roman that just bought a house in Trastevere at Santa Cecilia, was brought as a slave to Tunis. Due to fear of his Turkish master, he entered a mosque and converted. His master had him chained and beaten, in order to make him reconvert to Christianity; he was later absolved by Vincenzo Da Frascati.

Additional comments

The letter is undated, but it is known that Cherubino was sent back to Rome in 1679, see: APF SC Barbaria 1, 437r (database item 889).

[Cherubino Da Frascati]

APF SC Barbaria, 438r

[1679]

Adressed to [PF]

copy; unsigned

Italian

Letter

890

Origin: [Rome]

Destination: [Rome]