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F. 46: letter from the Sacred Congregation for the Oriental Church concerning the appointment of Mgr Valerio Valeri as Apostolic Delegate to Palestine, Transjordan and Cyprus (1929-03-05).

Ff. 206-251: press clipings on the conflict between the Coptic Orthodox of Egypt and Abyssinian Coptic concerning the property of the convent of Jerusalem known as Deir el Soltane (1929-01).

This archival fonds contains documents from 1839 to 1935, although some of them date before this period. Most part of the archives of pontifical representations started to arrive to Vatican since the mid Seventies of the 20th century.
During the cataloguing, the fonds was divided into “Archivio Antico”; “Archivio mons. Cassulo” e “Archivio mons. Valeri-Mazzoli-Bartoloni-Dini”. The last one is composed by 101 dossiers.

Ff. 2-6: “Abyssinia (Consulate of...)” (1934). Ff. 3-4: letter from Card. Giuseppe Pizzardo to Mgr Giuseppe Mazzoli concerning the journey to the Holy Land by the Ethiopian Empress. Condolences letter from Mgr. Mazzoli to the Consulate of Abyssinia for the death of Ato Paulos Menameno, Consul of Abyssinia for Palestine, Transjordan and Syria. Ff. 18-23: “British (High Commission and Governorate)” (1929-1931). Correspondence between Mgr Valeri and Card Gasparri concerning the relationships with the British authorities in Jerusalem. Ff. 24-33: “Schools” (1929). Correspondence between Card Gasparri and Mgr Valeri concerning the regulation of the Catholic schools in Palestine. Ff. 34-57: “Politics” (1929-1931). Correspondence between Mgr Valeri and Card Gasparri concerning the situation in Palestine and the relationships between Arabs and Jews. Ff. 58-62: “Western Wall” (1930-1931). Correspondence concerning the construction of a synagogue near the Western Wall. Ff. 63-108: “Varia” (1929-1931). Ff. 64-65: letters from the Custody of the Holy Land concerning the visit to the Holy Sepulchre by the Bishop of Canterbury.