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PIUS V. AND THE BISHOPS. 221<br />

Pius V. also took strong measures against unworthy prelates,^<br />

though he knew well, at <strong>the</strong> same time, how to find words<br />

<strong>of</strong> comfort and encouragement whenever a good bishop was<br />

in danger <strong>of</strong> losing heart under <strong>the</strong> stress <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> difficult<br />

conditions <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> time and <strong>the</strong> weight <strong>of</strong> his responsibilities.<br />

He was never sparing <strong>of</strong> letters <strong>of</strong> exhortation and encouragement<br />

to <strong>the</strong> bishops <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> whole world. ^ It was with manifest<br />

joy that he bestowed his praise on <strong>the</strong> Bishop <strong>of</strong> Verdun,<br />

<strong>the</strong> Premonstratensian, Nicholas Pseaume, for his loyalty<br />

to <strong>the</strong> Catholic religion and <strong>the</strong> Holy See, saying that Pseaume,<br />

almost alone among <strong>the</strong> bishops, had kept his flock free <strong>from</strong><br />

<strong>the</strong> heresy which surrounded it on all sides, and that God<br />

Mantua, May 3, 1567, loc. cit.). For <strong>the</strong> part taken by Santori in<br />

<strong>the</strong> examination <strong>of</strong> bishops see his. Autobiografia, XII., 350, and<br />

*Audienze del card. Santorio <strong>from</strong> 1566 to 1579, Papal Secret<br />

Archives, Arm. LI I., 17, where <strong>the</strong>re is a list <strong>of</strong> " persone di<br />

consideratione " suited to fill episcopal sees.<br />

1 <strong>The</strong> Bishop <strong>of</strong> Rimini ended his days in <strong>the</strong> Castle <strong>of</strong> St.<br />

Angelo in 1569 for immorality, and <strong>the</strong> Bishop <strong>of</strong> Bovino for<br />

simony (Rodocanachi, St. Ange, 175). *Zibramonti, February 2,<br />

1572<br />

Gonzaga Archives, Mantua. For <strong>the</strong> action taken by Pius V.<br />

: action taken against Archbishop Verallo for immorality.<br />

against <strong>the</strong> Archbishop <strong>of</strong> Besan^on, Claude de la Baume, see<br />

Febvre, Philippe II. et la Franche-Comte, Paris, 191 1, 580 seq.,<br />

590 seq. De la Baume had to pledge himself to <strong>the</strong> publication<br />

<strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Tridentine decrees, and to follow this by putting <strong>the</strong> Catholic<br />

reforms into force. Cf. ibid. 584 seq., <strong>the</strong> attempt to introduce<br />

<strong>the</strong> Roman Inquisition into Besan9on.<br />

-Letter <strong>of</strong> September 21, 1569, to Juan de Ribera, Archbishop<br />

<strong>of</strong> Valencia, who wished to resign '" ob praesentium temporuni<br />

calamitates episcoporumque ignaviam " in Laderchi, 1569, n<br />

316 ; GouBAU, 227 seq. In Laderchi, 1571, n. 146, intervention<br />

by Pius V. on behalf <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Bishop <strong>of</strong> Lausanne.<br />

* *Exhortation to <strong>the</strong> Spanish and French bishops in Brevia,<br />

Arm. 44, t. 12, n. 24. Ibid. t. 16, p. 66b :<br />

<strong>of</strong> April 23, 1571 : he<br />

" Episcopo Conensi."<br />

is praised because he has published <strong>the</strong><br />

decrees <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Council, and had improved <strong>the</strong> morals <strong>of</strong> his clergy :<br />

he is exhorted to persevere, and not to overlook <strong>the</strong> Zwinglian<br />

part <strong>of</strong> his diocese. Papal Secret Archives,

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