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Then there is Focsani... 20 families...here lives Sig. GiovanniBercuzzlit...There is Ciubarciuc, the village of Buciag, among the Tatars,where P. Francesco Angelo Cecangeli, exposing his life todanger.In order to be able to keep the mission of Moldova, we need thefollowing: the Holy Congregation has to designate a locality,either in Italy or in a seminary in Transylvania, where a priestwho knows the language of Moldova well, and who could formnew missions in such language, before the natives couldinterfere. Those priests who could function immediately, insteadof standing idle for weeks, or by chance for months.There is the necessity of renovation of the residence, in thelocality of Jasi. The wooden roof should be repaired, while theroofs of the other houses are of straw.Text in: A : APF CF. vol.31 Fol. 466-469Printing of L. Pastor, L'attivita missionaria del P. Bernardo Silvestri,min. conv. e la sua relecione sulla Moldovia 1688.97 ArchivumFranciscanum Historicum XLII (1949) 273-277. New edition: MCSMO,vol. IIpag. 752-757.Romanian translation by: Dr. Mihaly Tyukodi92. Alba Iulia, the 2nd of March, 1702Letter of the Catholic Nobility from Transylvaniato Angelo Tamburini, General of Iesuits"Knowing very well that the first reason ofestablishing the Jesus' Society is to promote all around theworld the praise of God and the redemption of souls', we standin front of Your Eminence to ask for spiritual help for ourpeople from the extreme part of Europe. Some centuries ago,when the glorious princes of Hungary reigned, thousands ofHungarians were sent to the Fortress of Bassarabia, called LittleTartaria today, Buceag by its popular name, the reason ofsettling there. But later, times have changed, - as it happens -the Hungarian power was weakened by the attacks of theTurkish Emperor and the Tatar Khan; the population was forced