1687. Carta de Juan Prieto para Diego Francisco Melgarejo.

Letter from Juan Prieto to Diego Francisco Melgarejo.

The author asks Diego Francisco Melgarejo to help him and to intercede in Andrés de Molina´s pretensions.

In 1689 a litigation to settle the possession of a benefit in the parish church of San Ildefonso (Jaen) was brought before the Council. The aforementioned benefit had been vacant after Juan Pedro Morales passing away. The two litigants were Salvador de Alcázar Palacios, a presbyter and a resident of Jaen, and Andrés de Molina, a native to Ubeda and a resident of the Court of Rome. Salvador Alcázar had taken possession of the benefit after the Nuncio granted him a provision and once he knew that Andrés de Molina was claiming the benefit with Papal Bulls, he brought a lawsuit. Although Molina argued that the benefit provision was to be issued by the Holy Father and, therefore, he should be the chosen one, and not Alcázar. The latter denounced that the former had obtained the nomination by paying a pension. According to Alcázar, these payments together with Andrés de Molina´s poor qualities proved that Molina was unfit for the benefit. Salvador Alcázar based his case on the testimonies of witnesses who verified the payment of the pension and by providing three letters. The letters were written by Andrés de Molina and Juan Prieto to Diego Francisco Melgarejo and expressed Molina´s wish of gathering the amount of money asked for in Rome for issuing the Bulls.