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HISTORY OF THE POPES.<br />

made over its possessions to various ecclesiastical purposes.^<br />

<strong>The</strong> female branch <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Order, however, was allowed to<br />

continue. 2<br />

In <strong>the</strong> case <strong>of</strong> some <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Orders, in order to simplify <strong>the</strong>ir<br />

government, and thus conduce to <strong>the</strong>ir reform, Pius V.<br />

reunited <strong>the</strong> various branches to <strong>the</strong>ir parent stock. For<br />

example, with <strong>the</strong> original intention <strong>of</strong> reintroducing a stricter<br />

monastic life, a special congregation <strong>of</strong> Servites had been<br />

formed alongside <strong>the</strong> original Servite order, and in <strong>the</strong> same<br />

way <strong>the</strong> Amadei, and to some extent <strong>the</strong> Clareni,^ had sprung<br />

up within <strong>the</strong> Franciscan Order, but with <strong>the</strong> lapse <strong>of</strong> time<br />

decadence had crept into even <strong>the</strong>se congregations, and Pius<br />

V. <strong>the</strong>refore, in <strong>the</strong>se two cases, did away with <strong>the</strong>ir separation<br />

<strong>from</strong> <strong>the</strong> main Order,'* Borromeo in particular worked for<br />

<strong>the</strong> reform <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong>se Franciscan congregations, though it was<br />

only after a long time, and after having to overcome an<br />

1 Bull. Rom., VII., 888 ; cf. Sala, Docum., III., 248. Sums<br />

were also distributed among <strong>the</strong> Cardinals : see *Avviso di Roma<br />

<strong>of</strong> February 14, 1571, Urb. 1042, p. 22, Vatican Library. A<br />

letter <strong>of</strong> August 5, 1573, on <strong>the</strong> punishment <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> guilty Humiliati<br />

in Arch. stor. Lomh., 1908, 187 seq. <strong>The</strong> brief <strong>of</strong> March 13, 1570,<br />

which asks <strong>the</strong> Duke <strong>of</strong> Savoy to hand over <strong>the</strong> aggressor, in<br />

Laderchi, 1570, n. 156. For <strong>the</strong> use made <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Humiliati<br />

houses <strong>of</strong> Lugano and Locarno cf. Reinhardt-Steffens, Doku-<br />

mente, 21<br />

- A *brief <strong>of</strong> July 6, 1571, to <strong>the</strong> Bishop <strong>of</strong> Verona approves his<br />

plan <strong>of</strong> adding to <strong>the</strong> nuns <strong>of</strong> S. Crist<strong>of</strong>oro at Verona four ex-<br />

perienced nuns, who would be able by <strong>the</strong>ir example to lead <strong>the</strong><br />

o<strong>the</strong>rs to a better manner <strong>of</strong> life. <strong>The</strong> bishop received <strong>the</strong><br />

power to change at will <strong>the</strong> habit and <strong>of</strong>fice <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> HumiUati<br />

nuns. Brevia, Arm. 44, t. 16, p. 189 seq., Papal Secret<br />

Archives.<br />

* <strong>The</strong> Clareni began in 1294 ; <strong>the</strong> founder <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Amadeisti died<br />

in 1482.<br />

* Bull concerning <strong>the</strong> Servites, May 5, 1570, Bull. Rom., VII.,<br />

817 ; on <strong>the</strong> Amadeisti, etc., January 23, 1568, ibid. 651. Sala,<br />

Docum., I., 190 ; cf. Holzapfel, 138 ; Wadding, XX., 445, 447,<br />

461, 476.

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