Petition on behalf of Christophe Authier to Urban VIII [1633-1648], Brignon

Petition on behalf of Christophe Authier to Urban VIII [1633-1648], Brignon

Christophe Authier

France (missions in)

Petition asking the pope to confirm the establishment of the Congregation of Priests and Missionaries of the Clergy (Congregatio Parochorum et Missionariorum Cleri), and the election of Christophe Authier as its director. Attached is a copy of Salvatoris Nostri (the papal bull confirming CM as a religious congregation in January 1633). The PF note on 123v refers to CM rather than to Authier's congregation and it dates its foundation incorrectly ("della qual è capo D. Vincenzo di Paul p'te secolare e fù fondata in Parigi dell anno 1632"). The other notation on f. 123v is "S. Croce."

Additional comments

a) Written sometime between 1633 and 1648 in Brignon (Dax diocese); and b) neither Vincent de Paul, nor CM are mentioned in Authier's petition, but a copy of Salvatoris Nostri (the bull confirming CM in January 1633) was attached to it (the two are written in the same hand, and on the same kind of paper).

Christophe Authier

APF SOCG 199, 111r-123v

[1633-1648]

Addressed to Urban VIII

Original; not signed; undated; Latin; PF notes in Italian

Latin

Italian

Petition

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Origin: Brignon

Destination: Rome