RECÈS CAPITULAIRE DU 15 JUIN

Reverendus dominus cancellarius exposuit dominis meis capitulariter congregatis sanctissimum Dominum nostrum papam Pium, perpensis per eum et consideratis sumptibus et expensis per Oratiam suam reverendissimam pro retinenda pace in sua patria, religioneque et fide nostra catholica, atque ad refrenandam et compescendam perversorum hominum conatus passis et sustentis, motu proprio dicte sue Gratie induisisse, ut eadem dictorum expensarum recompensam atque suam mensam episcopalem ab aère alieno ex causis praenotatis contracte liberationem, possit a clero civitatis et patriae intraneo et extraneo exigere summam quinquaginta millium ducatorum. Itaque eandem suam Gratiam revendissimam cupere a prefatis dominis meis hac in parie consilium, num videlicet opus foret ipsisque necessariuin videretur publicationem hujus indulti clero fieri, subjungens ulterius dictam suam Rev. Gratiam mullatenas conari in vim pretactae concessionis aliquid ab ecclesia sua velle exigere, sed solummodo a praefato clero, et quod residuum comperietur, extinctis pretactis oneribus et expensis contentam fore suam gratiam si hoc totum in directionem scholae jhesuitarum convertatur, neque etiam cupere pecuniam ex causa praenotata colligendam ad suas manus pervenire, sed pro ea facienea dicfus clerus receptorem, quem in hac parte sibi propituum judicabit, constituere et ordinare possit et valeat. Lecto itaque coram dictis dominis meis pretacto indulto, desuper délibérantes visum est publicationem predictam clero tam intraneo quam extraneo necessarium fieri debere et ob id illum specialiter invocandum atque coram ipsis sumptus per dictam suam Gratiam ex causa praenotata perpessis oneraque quibus mensa sua episcopalis gravata est specificanda esse ; intérim dictam oblationem et promissionem acceptantes.

XV Junii 1567.

Nota. Indultum remansit in manibus cancellarii.

Father Francis Nugent, O.S.F.C, (i569-i635)

Doctor and Professer at Louvain (i).

Charleville, a town of Upper Champagne, owes its origin to Charles de Gonzaga (1560-1637), Duc de Nevers, who laid its foundations in 1606 (-'). Some years later, 1615, Charles placed at the disposai of the Capuchins of the Walloon district a site for a house, ofîering to defray the expenses of the building. The convent extended the full length of the eastern side of the Place des Capucins (later on Place Carnot) and contained 26 cells, a reîectory, a kitchen, a « chauffoir », a library, and had a magnificent garden attached (•^) Before the convent was built the Fathers of the Province transferred it to the Friars who were destined for the Irish

(1) p. Nicolas A(rchbald), 0. S. F. C, The historié of the irish capuchins, Charleville, Manuscript. 1643 : original inBrbliothèque de Troyes no catal. 1103; copy at Dublin, Archives of Franciscan Capuchin Convent, Church Street ; Father Robert Connell, O. S. F. C, Historia missionis hybernicae, ms 1682, ibidem no catal. 706, copy at Dublin ; Father Bonaventure Donnelly, O. S. F. C, Synopsis Annalium capuccinorum, ibidem, ms 1741, copy at Dublin; V. Rev. Fr. Angélus, O. S. F. C, Pages front thesîory of the irish capuchins, published in Father Mathew Record (= FMR), t. V et VI. Dublin, 1912-13. Thèse are articles compiled from original sources ; Bullariurn ordinis FF. MM. S. Francisa capucinorum, t. IV-V. Rome, 1746-1748; Ordinationes et decisiones capitulorum generaliwn O. F. F. MM. capuccinorum. Rome, 1851 ; Notitia provinciae O. F. F. MM. S. Francisa cap. in hibernia. Rome, 1851. This contains nothing for our purpose except what is already to be found in Bullariurn; Report on franciscan mms. preserved at the convent Merchants' Quay Dublin (Hist. Manuscripto Commission.) Dublin, 1906; Moran : Spicilegium ossoriense, ist séries. Dublin, 1864; P. Pellegrino da Forli, O. S. F. C, Annali deW ordine dei frati minori cappucini, t. I. Milan, 1882; The catholic encyclopedia, t. XI et XIV. London and New- York. — We regret that \ve hâve not been able to consult the Archives at Rome especialy those of the Nuntiatura di Colonia in the Vatican Archives.

(2) WvBEKT , Histoire de Charleville. Charleville, 1854.

(3) Ibidem ; Lelong, Histoire ecclésiastique du diocèse de Laon. Châlons, 1783.