Letter from Giuseppe Maria Da Genoa to PF, 1647-11-28, Tabarca

Letter from Giuseppe Maria Da Genoa to PF, 1647-11-28, Tabarca

Algiers

Barbary (unspecified or several locations)

Slave priests

Capuchins

Plague

Tunis

Franciscans

Letter from Giuseppe Maria da Genoa, prefect of the Capuchin mission in Tabarca, offering details on many local issues (relative to Tabarca, Carthage, and the Capuchin mission in the region), but also relays news from Algiers by way of Julien Guérin of Tunis. According to Brother Giuseppe Maria, Guérin wrote to him, in a letter dated 22 November, that two priests of his company had arrived in Algiers, together with a Franciscan slave. The news gladened Brother Giuseppe Maria, who had previously heard that only one ignorant slave priest had remained in Algiers, because the rest had either died of the plague or returned to their home countries. Brother Giuseppe Maria himself tried to go to Algiers but was not able to do so, because transportation and communication had been interrupted between Tabarca and the plague-striken city. He hopes to be able to arrive there soon. PF note does not mention any decision or response.

Additional comments

Giuseppe Maria da Genoa

APF SOCG 65, 192r-193v, 199r-v, 200v

1647-11-28

Addressed to PF

Original; signed, dated; Italian

Italian

Letter

134

Origin: Tabarca

Destination: Rome