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Benoît's fund could, for reasons mentioned above, only be partial. Without a prior consolidation of the archives likely to constitute Fr. Benoît's fonds allowing an overview, it is impossible to quantify precisely the proportion of the fonds classified and described in this digital directory.

In any case, the classified and described part of Fr. Benoît's archival fonds consists mainly of correspondence, both with his family and friends, as well as with publishers (mainly the editions of Le Cerf) and academics.

It is interesting to note the presence of almost all of Fr. Benoît's agendas from 1947 to 1986 and of aide-memoire notes on the events of his life from 1950 to 1985, sources that would allow the writing of a richly documented biography.

Several other dossiers are also worth mentioning for their interest in a personal history as well as in the relations of the French Ecole Biblique et archéologique de Jérusalem with the Palestinian and Israeli authorities for the conservation of the archaeological heritage. In the first perspective, we can mention the documents relating to theological studies, the decoration of the Legion of Honour and participation in various pontifical commissions. In the second perspective, the interesting dossiers of Jerusalem (guided tours, symposia, conferences, articles), Qumran and the Palestinian Archaeological Museum (Rockefeller Museum) take on all their importance.

The papers attest:

• Political relations
• Activities aimed at providing support to Italian business abroad
• Assistance provided to Italian citizens
• Contributions to schools and inspections
• Relations with other Consulates
  The fond preserve also:
• Confidential dossiers
• Consular accounting and employees administration papers
• Press materials
• Part of a collection of telegrams
• Papers produced by the ‘Ufficio Stralcio’, the Bureau opened in Rome aft Italian Consulate in Jerusalem was closed.

Consuls:

• Antonio Gauttieri - Consul (May 10, 1925 – February 1, 1926)
• Mario Zanotti Bianco – Consul (April 1926 – March 29, 1927)
• Orazio Pedrazzi – Consul (March 1927 – June 1928)
• Giovanni Pascale – Consul (February 1929 – October 1930)
• Luigi Gabrielli - Consul (1930 - 1932)
• Mariano De Angelis – Consul (1932 -1936)
• Quinto Mazzolini – Consul (September 18, 1936 - )

The Royal Decree of November 17, 1871 establishes the Italian Consulate in Palestine.

The papers - repatriated partially organized in categories (called ‘Posizioni’ in this archive) - attest:

• Dealing of political affairs (conflicts between the religious communities; relations with clergy and the other religious communities; relations with the Ethiopian community)
• Relations with the administron and contacts with other Consulates
• Assistance provided to Italians (protection of nationals and legal aid)
• Staff and employee administration (internal organization and regulations)

Consuls:

• Alessandro De Rege di Donato e San Raffaele - Consul (March 6, 1872 – December 14, 1879)
• Oscarre Missir – Interpreter Acting consul (June 20, 1879 – June 22, 1882)
• Angiolo Alberici - Consul (June 19, 1882 – June 10, 1883)
• Giuseppe Camillo Mina – Acting consul (June 24, 1882 – July 15, 1883)
• Gaetano Solanelli – Consul (August 30, 1883 – October 25, 1892)
• Giuseppe Camillo Mina – Consul (November 13, 1892 – April 7, 1897)
• Ettore Gazzaniga - Acting consul (July 9, 1897 – March 23, 1899) o fino al 1901
• Arturo Scaniglia – Consul (November 13, 1898 – March 17, 1901)
• Tommaso Carletti – Consul (May 9, 1901 – August 22, 1904)
• Fabrizio Gavotti Verospi – Consul (August, 22 1904 – + February 23, 1907)
• Carlo Senni – Acting consul then Consul (May 10, 1907 – June 1915)
• Alberto Tuozzi – Acting consul then Consul (1919-1920)
• Vladimiro Rey di Villarey – Acting consul (1920 - 1921)
• Romolo Tritonj – Consul (1921 – 1922)
• Domenico Nuvolari - Consul (1923)
• Vincenzo Speranza - Acting consul (1923 - 1924)

According to the papers, between 1911 and 1912, in occasion of the Italo-Turkish war, the defence of Italian citizens was assumed by the German Consulate.

• Series A « Holy places », 1840-1914.
• Series B « Thematic files of the French consulate in Palestine and Emirate of Transjordan », 1781-1941.
• Series C « Delegation of Free France and End of the British Mandate », 1941-1948.
• Series E « Registers » 1843-1947.