LIFE OF ST. VINCENT

POLITICAL AND SOCIAL HYSTORY

CHURCH HISTORY

CULTURAL EVENTS

1645

Foundation of houses at Saint-Méen, Le Mans and Genoa. Missionaries arrive in Tunis.

1646

Arrival of missionaries in Algeria and Ireland. The coadjutor of Paris gives approval to the Daughters of Charity.

1647

Project for a mission in Persia. John Le Vacher arrives in Tunis.

Condemnation of the Doctrine of "the two heads."

1648

Foundation of the houses at Tréguier and Agen. Missionaries arrive in Madagascar. Letters of St. Vincent about frequent communion and Jansenism. Meeting at Saint Lazare to prepare the propositions.

Arrest of Broussel. The Parlement Fronde breaks out. Battle of Lens. Peace of Westphalia.

Innocent X condemns the Treaties of Westphalia.

Philippe de Champaigne paints Mère Angélique's portrait.

1649

St. Vincent goes to Saint Germain to ask for Mazarin's dismissal. He visits the houses of W. France. Falls ill at Richelieu. Begins to use the carriage. Discourse to the Ladies about the Foundlings. Aid given to Paris and surrounding districts.

Paris rebels against Mazarin. The Court at Saint Germain. Concorde de Rueil. Execution of Charles I of England.

Cornet submits the Jansenist propositions to the Sorbonne.