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CARDINAL DEL MONTE. 151<br />

commission <strong>of</strong> Cardinals appointed to try his case decided that<br />

his guilt was not deserving <strong>of</strong> death or degradation. ^ In 1569<br />

Pius banished him with some servants to ]\Iontecassino,-<br />

where two Jesuits were given <strong>the</strong> difficult task <strong>of</strong> trying to<br />

bring him to a better moral state. ^ At <strong>the</strong> end <strong>of</strong> July <strong>the</strong><br />

abbot thought he could report an improvement in <strong>the</strong><br />

Cardinal,'* and later on del Monte was allowed to take up his<br />

residence in a monastery at Bergamo.^<br />

<strong>The</strong> conduct <strong>of</strong> Pius V. in <strong>the</strong> case <strong>of</strong> del Monte was cer-<br />

tainly not excessively stem, for it was evident that <strong>the</strong> un-<br />

fortunate man could not be held accountable for <strong>the</strong> mistake<br />

by which, without any fault on his part, he had been placed<br />

in a position for which he was totally unfitted.<br />

toge<strong>the</strong>r information on <strong>the</strong> case, ibid. p. 134 ;<br />

*brief <strong>of</strong> February<br />

21, 1568, to <strong>the</strong> Duke <strong>of</strong> Florence, who had interceded on behalf<br />

<strong>of</strong> del Monte, ibid. p. 156. <strong>The</strong> Duke attests that del Monte<br />

was not guilty <strong>of</strong> rapine, <strong>of</strong> which he had been accused. <strong>The</strong> Pope<br />

consequently agreed that <strong>the</strong> Cardinal should still remain in<br />

Tuscany, provided that <strong>the</strong> Duke would take charge <strong>of</strong> him and<br />

give him a <strong>The</strong>atine to instruct him (*Arco, February 21, 1568,<br />

State Archives, Vienna). A severe exhoilarion <strong>from</strong> <strong>the</strong> Pope<br />

to del Monte (*Arco, February 28, 1569, ibid.). Prohibition to<br />

del Monte to return to Florence : *Avviso di Roma <strong>of</strong> December<br />

II, 1568, Urb. 1040, p. 615, Vatican Library. A room was<br />

assigned to del Monte in <strong>the</strong> Vatican, and t\vo <strong>The</strong>atines were<br />

appointed to be his companions ; *Avviso di Roma <strong>of</strong> December<br />

18, 1568, in <strong>the</strong> reports <strong>of</strong> Cusano, State Archives, Vienna.<br />

^ *Awiso di Roma <strong>of</strong> June 14, 1569, Urb. 104 1, p. 90, Vatican<br />

Library.<br />

* *Avvisi di Roma <strong>of</strong> June 11 and 16, 1568, ibid. 91, 95b.<br />

*Brief <strong>of</strong> June 13, 1569, to <strong>the</strong> abbot <strong>of</strong> Montecassino, Brevia<br />

Arm. 44, t. 14, p. 125, Papal Secret Archives ; *ano<strong>the</strong>r <strong>of</strong> June<br />

22, 1569, to <strong>the</strong> same (he is not to admit anyone to see del Monte<br />

who could interfere with his conversion), is in <strong>the</strong> Archives <strong>of</strong><br />

Briefs, Rome.<br />

^ *Arco, May 11, 1569, Stite Archives, Vienna.<br />

* *Avviso di Roma <strong>of</strong> July 30, 1569, Urb. 1041, p. 125, Vatican<br />

Library.<br />

' *A\-viso di Roma <strong>of</strong> March 17, 1571, in tlie reports <strong>of</strong> Arco,<br />

State Archives, Vienna.

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