Letter from Claude Bouthillier to PF, 1635-07, St-Germain-en-Laye

Letter from Claude Bouthillier to PF, 1635-07, St-Germain-en-Laye

CEC

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Letter containing a copy of King Louis XIII's approval of CEC and its right to make use of the pope's confirmation brief, which had been sent on 5 June 1634. The document itself is an Italian translation of a letter from the king’s councillor and secretary of state Claude Bouthillier, seemingly addressed to PF; it reports that the king, on 4 July 1634 in St Germain-en-Laye, approved "the establishment of a congregation under the name of the Exaltation of the Saint Cross, instituted for helping the conversion of heretics and for the assistance of the newly converted" (f. 94r; for the Italian version of this excerpt, see the attached transcription).

Additional comments

Written after in July 1635 (after the 4th).

Claude Bouthillier

APF SOCG 199, 94r-v

1635-07

Addressed to PF

Translated copy; signed

Italian

Letter

60

Origin: Germain-en-Laye

Destination: Rome