LIFE OF ST. VINCENT

POLITICAL AND SOCIAL HYSTORY

CHURCH HISTORY

CULTURAL EVENTS

1655

Approval for the vows of C.M. in the brief "Ex commissa nobis". Cardinal de Retz approves the Daughters of Charity election of its officers. French missionaries expelled from Rome for giving hospitality to de Retz.

Cardinal de Retz in Rome.

Death of Innocent X. Election of Alexander VII. Dispersion of the recluses of Port Royal. Death of A. Bourdoise.

1656

The missionaries renew their vows in conformity with the brief "Ex commissa nobis". Plague in Rome.

Further condemnation of Jansenism.

The first "Provinciales" by Pascal.

1657

St. Vincent at the death of Olier and the election of his successor. Plague in Genoa. Death of the missionaries. Royal approval for the Daughters of Charity. Project for a foundation in Toledo. St. Vincent refuses the work of directing the General Hospital.

Foundation of the General Hospital in Paris.

Death of J.J. Olier.