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IQO HISTORY OF THE POPES.<br />

<strong>the</strong> Pope's instructions, to make restitution <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> fruits.<br />

Carniglia was also instructed to exhort all <strong>the</strong> Cardinals<br />

and prelates to send away all <strong>the</strong> members <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong>ir households<br />

who held benefices with a cure <strong>of</strong> souls, ^ similar instructions<br />

having been already sent to all Spaniards holding such <strong>of</strong>fices.^<br />

This renewal <strong>of</strong> religious life was naturally not limited to<br />

Rome. At <strong>the</strong> beginning <strong>of</strong> 1571 four bishops were appointed<br />

to make a visitation <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> dioceses in <strong>the</strong> Papal States,<br />

namely Pietro de Lunel <strong>of</strong> Gaeta for <strong>the</strong> Marches, Giovanni<br />

Francesco Sormanni <strong>of</strong> Montefeltro for Umbria and <strong>the</strong> Patrimony,<br />

Paolo Maria della Rovere <strong>of</strong> Cagli for <strong>the</strong> Romagna<br />

and Lombardy, and Vincenzo Ercolano <strong>of</strong> Sarno for <strong>the</strong><br />

Campagna.^ <strong>The</strong>y were to start at <strong>the</strong> beginning <strong>of</strong> Lent,<br />

and were especially to insist on <strong>the</strong> observance <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> duty<br />

<strong>of</strong> residence, to regulate <strong>the</strong> granting <strong>of</strong> benefices, to see to<br />

<strong>the</strong> restoration <strong>of</strong> delapidated churches, and to examine into<br />

<strong>the</strong> proper distribution <strong>of</strong> revenues.^ Four Jesuits were<br />

appointed to accompany <strong>the</strong>m to preach to <strong>the</strong> people and<br />

to act as <strong>the</strong>ir advisers.^ Sometimes <strong>the</strong> Pope himself acted<br />

1 *Avviso <strong>of</strong> January 27, 1571, ihid. 12b. A fresh warning to<br />

<strong>the</strong> bishops about residence : *Avviso <strong>of</strong> March 3, 1571, ibid. 25b.<br />

2 *Avviso <strong>of</strong> December 23, 1571, ibid. 168.<br />

* *" II Papa ha fatto intimare a tutti 11 Spagnoli che hanno<br />

beneficii curati, che debbano andare aUe loro residenze."<br />

(Zibramontl to <strong>the</strong> Duke <strong>of</strong> Mantua, January 13, 1571, Gonzaga<br />

Archives, Mantua). Cf. *Avvlso <strong>of</strong> January 13, 1571, Urb. 1042,<br />

p. 4, Vatican Library.<br />

* *Avviso <strong>of</strong> January 6, 1571, Urb. 1042, p. 2, Vatican Library.<br />

<strong>The</strong> *briefs for <strong>the</strong> four bishops, <strong>of</strong> February 3, 1571, in <strong>the</strong><br />

Archives <strong>of</strong> Briefs, Rome.<br />

5 *Avviso <strong>of</strong> January 24, 1571, Urb. 1042, p. 12, Vatican Library.<br />

* *" S. S*^ ha deputato quattro vescovi et quattro di quest!<br />

padri del Giesu che vadino per lo State ecclesiastico visitando i<br />

vescovati. I vescovi visiteranno le citta et quei padri visiteranno<br />

le diocesi et ordineranno quello che giudicheranno esser servitio di<br />

Dio, et a disordini a quali non potranno remediare, si remetteranno<br />

aUa relatione che ne faranno a S. S*^' che poi riprenderanno quell'<br />

espeditione che le parer^ piu opportuna. '<br />

'<br />

(Zibramonti, January 6,<br />

1571, to <strong>the</strong> Duke <strong>of</strong> Mantua, Gonzaga Archives, Mantua). It

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