Royal patent from Louis XIV and Anne of Austria sending Discalced Carmelites to Madagascar, 1649-10-24, Paris

Royal patent from Louis XIV and Anne of Austria sending Discalced Carmelites to Madagascar, 1649-10-24, Paris

Madagascar

Discalced Carmelites

Two copies of the same royal patent signed by Louis XIV and Anne of Austria, allowing Discalced Carmelites to go to Madagascar and establish churches, hospices and houses for themselves, in execution of Innocent X's decree giving them missionary faculties on the island. The patent orders the viceroy and other officials on the island to defend and protect the Carmelites.

Additional comments

Louis XIV

Anne of Austria

APF SOCG 248, 93r-v and 120r-v

1649-10-24

Contemp. copy (translation from French original into Italian)

Italian

Royal patent

170

Origin: Paris

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