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THE VISITATION OF ROME. 183<br />

also present. 1 One result <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong>se meetings was certainly<br />

<strong>the</strong> edict <strong>of</strong> October 30th, 1566, which enjoined upon <strong>the</strong><br />

Roman clergy <strong>the</strong> rules for leading a truly priestly Hfe.^<br />

In August four visitors were charged to fulfil that duty in <strong>the</strong><br />

Roman churches, ^ and a visitation <strong>of</strong> even <strong>the</strong> titular churches<br />

<strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Cardinals was ordered in September.*<br />

In <strong>the</strong> opinion <strong>of</strong> many members <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Curia, <strong>the</strong> visitors<br />

discharged <strong>the</strong>ir duties " very strictly."^ One <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong>m<br />

wrote in December to Florence that <strong>the</strong> Pope " has a very<br />

strict minister, who is Monsignor Ormaneto, who has no<br />

respect for anyone, since that is <strong>the</strong> wish <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Pope " ;^ it<br />

was thought that a special motu proprio would permit him<br />

to take action and to inflict punishment without <strong>the</strong> usual<br />

legal procedure.^ <strong>The</strong> Canons <strong>of</strong> St. Peter's sought to shield<br />

<strong>the</strong>mselves <strong>from</strong> <strong>the</strong> reform by appealing to an ancient privi-<br />

^ Caligari to Commendone, June 18, 1566, Papal Secret Archives<br />

Anal. Bolland., XXXIII. (1914), 195, n. i. OLiva was afterwards<br />

Bishop <strong>of</strong> Chieti. <strong>The</strong> " Prior <strong>of</strong> Foligno " must be Tommaso<br />

Orfino (his name is Orfino, not Orsini or Ursinus as written by<br />

Laderchi, 1566, n. 184 ; 1567, n. 64 and Gams, p. 696, 928 ;<br />

cf. infra n. 3 ; Ughelli, I., 773 ; IX., 733 ; Moroni, XXV.,<br />

141 ;<br />

LXX., 200, and in <strong>the</strong> index).<br />

* Laderchi, 1566, n. 58,<br />

' *Arco, August 17, 1566, State Archives, Vienna. <strong>The</strong> names<br />

<strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> four visitors are in <strong>the</strong> letter in which SaveUi announces <strong>the</strong><br />

<strong>the</strong> visitation to each <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> churches : " Vobis per praesentes<br />

denunciare decrevimus, quahter die ... ad vos vestramque<br />

ecclesiam Nos seu RR. PP. DD. Thomas Orphinus episcopus<br />

Stragulen., Alphonsus Binarius utriusque Signaturae referendarius<br />

vicesgerens noster, Nicolaus Orraannettus et Joannes GUva<br />

visitatores a Nobis deputati veniemus seu venient, aut aliquis<br />

corum veniet." Anal, iuris Pontif., I., Rome, 1855, 2734.<br />

* Consistory <strong>of</strong> September 6, 1566, in Laderchi, 1566, n. 63.<br />

* *Ciregiola to Cardinal Ferdinando de' Medici, November 30,<br />

1566, State Archives, Florence.<br />

e *Avviso di Roma <strong>of</strong> December 8, 1566, Urb. 1040, p. 337b,<br />

Vatican Library :<br />

" Ha un rigoroso ministro che h mons. Ormaneto<br />

che non ha rispetto a niuno perch d cosi e la mente del Papa."<br />

' *Avviso di Roma <strong>of</strong> September 25, 1568, ibid. 585b.

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