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ters. The letters are directed to nuncios and other persons with whom the 
Congregation had business. The letters of the secretary are of interest for the 
study of administration, as they are concerned largely with the relations of 
the Congregation with other departments of the church government at Rome. 
UDIENZE DI NOSTRO SIGNORE. 
This is a series of volumes briefly recording cases of certain kinds where 
the decision is reserved to the Pope. It begins with 1666. The volumes ex¬ 
amined were 18 - 22 , covering the years 1780-1786. These volumes are not 
indexed, and the material is mostly of a formal character. It includes grants 
of ecclesiastical graces, indulgences, and facoltd , propositions of churches, and 
decrees of other congregations on points on which their opinion was asked by 
the Propaganda. All discussion on these points appears to have taken place 
elsewhere, and this is simply a record of the action decided upon, endorsed with 
the papal sanction. The relevant material in this series was not listed. 
CAUSE. 
This series contains the documents relating to cases of a judicial character 
tried in the Propaganda. Many such cases occupy a whole volume, other vol¬ 
umes contain the cases of a single year, and some, those coming from a single 
province. A disproportionately large amount of this material relates to the 
East Indies. This whole series was examined and the relevant material is 
listed. 
Cause dell’Anno 1637. Vol. 319. 
ff. 367-372. Three hundred Parisians, going to America, ask the Society 
of Jesus for three priests. 
Cause dell’Indie. 1643. Vol, 321. 
ff. 106-112. Memorial relating to the case of the Bishop of Tlascala. 
ff. 113-122. Sept. 15, 1643. Compendium relating to the facoltd for reg¬ 
ulars in the Indies. 
ff. 116-117. 1635. Note of Secretary Ingoli on the Cedula Regia of the 
King of Spain, on the Indies, 
f. 118. June 27, 1643. A document on the same subject, 
ff. 124-125. Nov. 19. On Bishop Palafox. 
ff. 127-231. Documents relating to the patronage of the Catholic king, 
including a manuscript compendium of 33 ff., a printed work of 
106 ff., and another printed work of 61 ff., by Brother Diego Ibanes, 
procurator of the province of the Holy Gospel, 
ff. 246-149. 1633. Madrid. Propositions of Brother Diego Ibanes. Printed, 
ff. 247-250. Documents on the oppression of monks by bishops in the 
Indies. 
f. 304. Sept. 15, 1643. Report of a meeting at the palace of the Propa¬ 
ganda, on the same subject. 
MEMORIALI. 
This series contains memorials sent to the Propaganda, for the most part 
copies, on all kinds of subjects. The series is in 417 volumes, and extends only 
to 1669, such material, after that date, being bound with the Scritture Cor- 
rispondenti. All relevant material is here listed. 
