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Rome and the whole of the Papal States, were renewed, and
made more severe.^
The bull of March 29th, 1567, concerning the inalien-
ability of the territory of the Roman Church, has attained
great notoriety. ^ It was aimed at putting an end to
nepotism, which had had such disastrous effects upon the
Church.
Pius V.'s financial administration of the Papal States calls
for particular notice. Immediately after his election he
abolished the duty on wine in Rome,^ revised t?ie other taxes,
and caused the expenditure to be carefully examined.^ In
the Patrimony he abolished the duty on flour in consideration
of the payment of a sum of money, to be made once for all.^
The Pope hoped that his great personal economy^ would make
it possible for him to give relief in other ways as well. To a
bishop who submitted to him a scheme for improving the
finances he replied that he had better help the Church by his
prayers and his good life, and that she had no need of wealth ;'
a sentiment which, though very idealistic, scarcely met the
1 Bull. Rom., VII., 965 seq.
^ See ibid. 560 seq. ; cf. Freiburg Kirchenlexikon VII., 599.
Further particulars infra p. 233 seq.
* The import duty was " 4 giulii per barilla ; " see *Awise di
Roma of January 19, 1566, Urb. 1040, p. 166. Vatican Library.
* *" Questo fa che la plebe ama molto S.S'^ " says the *Avviso
di Roma of March 16, 1566, ibid. 194.
^ See Tiepolo in Brosch, I., 245, n. i.
® Thus for example the Vigna di Giulio III. was given "in
governo " to the Cardinal of Aragon *" e cosi viene ad esser
desobligato di recever grambasciatori e fare spesa, come si usava
prima." (*Avviso di Roma of May 4, 1566, Urb. 1040, p. 220b,
Vatican Library). For the reduction of expenditure on the
troops see Quellen u. Forschungen, VI., 84.
' *Avviso di Roma of January 19, 1566, Urb. 1040, p. 166.
The Pope does not wish for taxes, even indirect ones, says an
*Avviso of March 30, 1566, Urb. 1040, 199b, Vatican Library.
The Florentine, Bartolomeo Bussoti was Thesaurarius of Pius V. ;
see FiRMANUs, *Diarium in Miscell., Arm. XII., 31, p. 47.
Secret Archives.
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