BOUCHES-DU-RHÔNE - 2 letters signed by the Vicar General of - Lot 442

BOUCHES-DU-RHÔNE - 2 letters signed by the Vicar General of the Archdiocese of AIX and ARLES. (Printed letterheads, vignettes) Aix-en-Provence (13) February 1805, to the Administrators of the City of ARLES. – 1 page, in-4° each: “We cannot, without the most serious reasons, change the dates that have been set for Church services, and in particular for the feasts of patron saints and titular saints, because these dates were established generally by the Holy See… for the benefit of the almshouses and the poor. ” + 2°) “Gentlemen. We have brought to the attention of His Excellency the Archbishop your request regarding Mr. ARNAUD, Vicar of TRINQUETAILLE, to serve as chaplain of the Hospice for the Indigent… ” He proposes a replacement who possesses “the qualities suitable for the Holy Ministry in a charity hospice.”