Letter from Nicolò Guidi di Bagno to the PF prefect [Luigi Capponi], 1650-10-07, Paris

Letter from Nicolò Guidi di Bagno to the PF prefect [Luigi Capponi], 1650-10-07, Paris

Scotland

Petitions for missionary patents

Letter from the nuncio to France, Nicolò Guidi di Bagno to PF, accompanying the petition of Vincent de Paul, in which Vincent de Paul asks that Dermot Duiguin and Francis White be made missionaries for the Hebrides and Highlands of Scotland (APF SOCG 297, 257r, 266r, 261r (database item 296)). Signed and dated 7 October 1650. PF notes on f. 263v mention that the nuncio does not say that he knows them, nor does he provide testimony to their abilities. The petition was discussed in PF general meeting of 7 November 1650, and the cardinals approved Vincent de Paul's petition.

Date discussed 1650-11-07

Additional comments

Nicolò Guidi di Bagno

APF SOCG 297, 260r, 263v

Published in P. Coste, ed., Saint Vincent de Paul: correspondance, entretiens, documents (Paris: 1920-25), vol. 4, doc. 1271, p. 93.

1650-10-07

Addressed to [Luigi Capponi]

This letter by the nuncio was attached to a letter by Vincent de Paul: APF SOCG 297, 257r, 266r, 261r (database item 296).
For the PF meeting discussing this letter, see: APF ACTA 19, 444r-v (database item 470).

Original, signed and dated

Italian

Letter

297

Origin: Paris

Destination: Rome