Cappelari, Maurus Cardinal Prefect, Rome, Papal States, to Bishop Edward Dominic Fenwick, O.P., Cincinnati, Ohio, 1829 August 8
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Cappellari [Cappelari] acknowledges Fenwick's letter of April 8 in which he exposed the impudence of John Baptist Fauvel and his evil conduct. Cappelari is not surprised since Fauvel while spending 3 years in Rome was a deceitful pilgrim and although he begged to be advanced to the priesthood under the title of missionary, he could not obtain this from the Sacred Congregation. While the conduct of the man deserves condemnation, the Sacred Congregation thinks that he should not receive a general excommunication but that it suffice that the bishop of the diocese decree his excommunication. This document can be used, however, in case Fauvel pretends to be directly under the Apostolic see. In this letter Cappellari includes a rescript of the Holy Father concerning the faculty of dispensing the Dominicans from the obligation of wearing their habits., Signed by Castruccio Castracane as Secretary, No. 17. The enclosure is as follows.
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- Creation: 1829 August 8
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