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138<br />

HISTORY OF THE POPES.<br />

In all his reform work Pius V. allied himself <strong>close</strong>ly with<br />

Cardinal Borromeo, who frankly made known to <strong>the</strong> Pope<br />

his own ideas for <strong>the</strong> renewal <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Church, and <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> things<br />

that she chiefly stood in need <strong>of</strong>.^ <strong>The</strong>re is no Cardinal holier<br />

than he, said Pius V., in July, 1566, nor one who tells me <strong>the</strong><br />

truth more frankly than he does.- <strong>The</strong> o<strong>the</strong>r Cardinals have<br />

nothing but <strong>the</strong>ir own interests in view, whereas all Borromeo's<br />

counsels are directed to <strong>the</strong> common good. He wished him,<br />

<strong>the</strong>refore, to return to Rome and to have him always by his<br />

side.^ Indeed, in spite <strong>of</strong> his zeal for <strong>the</strong> observance <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong><br />

duty <strong>of</strong> residence on <strong>the</strong> part <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> bishops, it was only very<br />

unwilHngly, and on <strong>the</strong> condition <strong>of</strong> his early return in <strong>the</strong><br />

autumn, that Pius V. at length gave <strong>the</strong> Cardinal <strong>of</strong> Milan<br />

permission to go to his diocese in April, 1566,'* and again later<br />

on it was rumoured that in spite <strong>of</strong> his reluctance Borromeo<br />

would be recalled to Rome.^<br />

In order to make up for <strong>the</strong> absence <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Cardinal <strong>of</strong> Milan,<br />

immediately after <strong>the</strong> latter's departure <strong>from</strong> Rome, Pius V.<br />

summoned to his side <strong>the</strong> man who had so far been Borromeo's<br />

1 Bascape, I., I, c. 9, 9. 22.<br />

^ *Ciregiola to Cardinal Medici, July 19, 1566, State Archives,<br />

Florence.<br />

3 *Avviso di Roma <strong>of</strong> July 13, 1566, Urb. 1040, p. 243, Vatican<br />

Library. " Esso [Pius V.] poco si consiglia, dubitando quasi di<br />

non poter trovar fedel consigliero, percioche in Roma in vero si<br />

parla a passione piia che in qualsivoglia altra parte, etc." Tiepolo,<br />

179.<br />

* Bascape, loc. cit. " II Papa fa difficolta dare licentia al<br />

cardinal de venire a Milano et lo ticne occupato ncle sue facende<br />

et negotii et die [one] che egli e uno Angello . . . Et cardinale<br />

Borromeo viene ogni giorno apresso questa corte in magior reputa-<br />

tione, stimandolo che possa cio che vuole dal Papa e cosi voresse<br />

domandare come haveria, ma lui fa con questo come faceva ancora<br />

con il suo passato." Camillo Borromeo to Cesare Borromeo, in<br />

Arch. stOY. Lomb., 1903, 361. Borromeo left Rome on March 11,<br />

1566 (*Avviso di Roma <strong>of</strong> March x6, 1566, Urb. 1040, p. 194,<br />

Vatican Library), and reached Milan on April 5 (Sprotte, 2).<br />

5 *Avviso di Roma <strong>of</strong> Noveinber 12, 1569, Urb. 1041, p. 152,<br />

Vatican Library. Cf. San Carlo, 113, 224.

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