Letter from Fabrizio Spada to the PF secretary, Urbano Cerri, 1677-11-19, Paris; with an attached letter from Francesco Gatta, 1677-09-02, Tunis

Letter from Fabrizio Spada to the PF secretary, Urbano Cerri, 1677-11-19, Paris; with an attached letter from Francesco Gatta, 1677-09-02, Tunis

Tunis

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Letter from the nuncio to France Fabrizio Spada, to Urbano Cerri, PF secretary. He recommends a Spanish boy of 16 to be taken into the care of PF. The attached letter from Francesco Gatta (a missionary in Tunis) to the nuncio, recounts how this boy endured many sufferings because his brothers and Father wanted him to become a Jew, as they had; the boy however refused. He is now in Livorno, but wants to go to Rome when his quarantine finishes. During their meeting of 7 February 1678 the cardinals decided to help this boy, and write to a certain "Iulio de’ Angelis" in Livorno, to find out if he knows anything about the case.

Date discussed 1678-02-07

Additional comments

Fabrizio Spada

Francesco Gatta

APF SOCG 467, 165r, 166r-168v

1677-11-19, Paris; 1677-09-02

Addressed to Urbano Cerri

For the minutes of the PF meeting where this matter was discussed, see: APF ACTA 48, 23r, 31r-v (database item 677).

Italian

Latin

Letter

661

Origin: Tunis

Destination: Rome