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" A WORLD-WIDE MONASTERY." 97<br />

Under <strong>the</strong> strict regime which had now been set on foot <strong>the</strong><br />

Eternal City began to assume that pecuhar character, which<br />

has been given <strong>the</strong> name <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> " world-wide monastery."^<br />

^579) gave <strong>the</strong> following judgment : " Quis enim non videat,<br />

postquam ecclesiae gubcrnacalo Pius V. P.M. praepositus est,<br />

tantam et in urbe Roma et in aliis suae dictionis oppidis factam<br />

esse morum mutationem, ut libido in pudicitiam, luxuria in<br />

temperantiam, impietas denique, ipsius nomen sequuta, in pietatem<br />

versa videatur ? " (S. Gregorii Naz. Orationes tres, Antwerp<br />

1573. 1^63). Gianfrancesco Lombardo expresses himself in<br />

similar terms in a letter <strong>of</strong> November 11, 1568 ; see Cyprianus,<br />

484 seq.<br />

' <strong>The</strong> supposed intention <strong>of</strong> Pius V. to change Rome into a<br />

convent, was discussed by his contemporaries verj'^ shortly after<br />

his election ;<br />

VOL. xvn.<br />

see Masius, Briefe, 374.

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