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THE VISITATION OF ROME. l8l<br />

visited <strong>the</strong> o<strong>the</strong>r patriarchal churches,^ going on July loth,<br />

1566, to <strong>the</strong> church and hospital <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Lateran,^ and on<br />

September 30th to S. Maria Maggiore.^ He had still fur<strong>the</strong>r<br />

projects ; he wished to visit all <strong>the</strong> hospitals in Rome, as<br />

well as <strong>the</strong> convents <strong>of</strong> women and <strong>the</strong> prisons ;* he had a<br />

project <strong>of</strong> appointing a Cardinal to look after <strong>the</strong> prisoners,<br />

and expedite <strong>the</strong>ir trials.^ " His Holiness," wrote <strong>the</strong><br />

Imperial ambassador to <strong>the</strong> Holy See," is always working<br />

to reform <strong>the</strong> state <strong>of</strong> affairs in Rome, which is very distasteful<br />

to many people."^<br />

Naturally <strong>the</strong> Pope had not <strong>the</strong> time to carry out all <strong>the</strong>se<br />

visitations in person. In January, 1566, he had appointed a<br />

special congregation, composed <strong>of</strong> Cardinals Morone, Farnese,<br />

Savelli, Borromeo, Alciati and Paleotto, for <strong>the</strong> reform <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong><br />

Roman clergy.' <strong>The</strong> Cardinal <strong>of</strong> Milan, who was undoubt-<br />

edly <strong>the</strong> most important member <strong>of</strong> this congregation, soon<br />

left for his episcopal city, but in <strong>the</strong> <strong>middle</strong> <strong>of</strong> July <strong>the</strong> reform<br />

<strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Roman clergy was committed to his intimate friend,<br />

Ormaneto,^ who was in constant correspondence with <strong>the</strong><br />

* Laderchi, 1566, n. 63.<br />

^ *" 11 Papa e state questa mattina a S. Giovanni a visitare<br />

la chiesa et Thospitale et e andato per tempissimo et con pocchis-<br />

sime persone. A quest'hora ha visitato S. Pietro, S. Spirito et<br />

S. Giovanni." (Luzzara to <strong>the</strong> Duke <strong>of</strong> Mantua, July 10, 1566,<br />

Gonzaga Archives, Mantua). Cf. *Arco, July 13, 1566, State<br />

Archives, Vienna ; *Avviso di Roma <strong>of</strong> July 13, 1566, Urb. 1040,<br />

p. 243, Vatican Library.<br />

^ *Strozzi on October 5, 1566, State Archives, Vienna.<br />

* *Arco, July 13, 1566, loc. cit. *Avviso di Roma <strong>of</strong> July 13,<br />

1566, loc. cit.<br />

5 *Avviso di Roma <strong>of</strong> July 13, 1566, loc. cit. For <strong>the</strong> visitation<br />

<strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> prisons cf. Bull. Rom., VII., 688, 696, 801.<br />

* *Arco, July 13, 1566, State Archives, Vienna.<br />

' *Cusano, January 26, 1566, ibid.<br />

* " Giovedi fu congregazione dellTnquisizione et dopo pranzo<br />

del Concilio dove si tratt6 de riforma del clero di Roma, la qual<br />

cura e data a monsignor Ormaneto." Avviso di Roma <strong>of</strong> July<br />

20, 1566, in Bertolotti, Martiri, 37.

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