Storia do Mogor 358.2.5

358.2.5

Frater Franciscus Maria Turonensis Ordinis Capucinorum Missionarius Apostolicus humillimè exponit Eminentiis Vestris quod contra Mandatum, sub die 28 Aprilis 1698, Illustrissimus Dominus Episcopus Meliapurensis absque causa, nee consulta hac Sacra Congregatione, abstulit à Patribus Capucinis Províncias Turonensis Missionariis Apostolicis Pudicherii in orâ Choromandel existentibus, curam animarum gentis Malabaricae, quam a plusquam triginta annis fundaverant, et non sine fructu et edificatione populorum gerebant illam ; quam dedit Patribus suae Societatis Jesu : quod dicti Patres Capucini videntes mandatis Illustrissimi Domini Episcopi obtemperaverunt, ne scandala excitarentur oppositione quamvis iusta, maxime quod sperarent ut Eminentise Vestrae justo illorum juri faverent statim atque de illis informarentur. Quapropter Devotus Orator humillimè supplicat, quatenus Eminentise Vestrae dignentur super hoc mandatum particulare dare predicto Illustrissimo Domino Episcopo Meliapurensi ut dictos Patres insert in footnotes. Mere differences of spelling and punctuation I have corrected according to the above printed texts. Action seems also to have been taken at the Court of Louis XIV. through Father Paul of Vendôme, Capuchin, as Procurator for the whole Capuchin Order of all ranks. There is a copy of his 'Mémoire' in Bib. Nat., Nouvelles Acquisitions Françaises, MS. No. 9,352, fol. 274, a copy made by P. Margry ; but he does not state the provenance of the original.