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went to the very end of the world to preach the Gospel at
the peril of their lives. ^
If the decree making solemn vows a condition for sacerdotal
ordination was a blow to the Jesuits, it was an advantage to
the Somaschi, founded by Jerome EmiUan. This Order had
not as yet fully worked out its constitutions, and the Pope's
decree put an end to several canonical uncertainties. The
Order now adopted the rule of St. Augustine. ^
As far as the other Orders were concerned Ormaneto laid
before the Pope proposals for the reform of the Capuchins.^
The Theatines were confirmed in their former privileges, and
received new ones.^ So far the Barnabites had not spread
very widely, and in 1552 and 1559 steps had been taken to
merge the Order into that of the Jesuits.^ Under Pius V.,
however, the Order received a new life owing to the merits
of the man who may be considered its second founder,
Alessandro Sauli.^
Pius V. gave its first Papal approbation to a religious congregation
which had only recently come into existence, and
thus greatly assisted its progress towards becoming a true
1 Brief of July 7, 1571, Bull. Rom., VII., 923. The Venetian
ambassador wrote on April 12, 1567, that the Pope favoured the
Roman Jesuits, who devoted themselves zealously to the service
of God and the instruction of youth ;
they have four houses in
Rome, their churches are always full, and many receive the sacraments
there. Mutinelli, I., 72.
2 Brief of December 6, 1568, Bull. Rom., VII., 729 seqq.
3 *Avviso di Roma of February 2, 1569, Urb. 1041, p. 25,
Vatican Library ; cf. *Avviso of June 14, 1370, ibid. 290b. Pro-
hibition of passing from the Capuchins to the Minims and vice
versa : brief of October 6, 1567, Bull. Rom., VII., 617.
"February 13, 1568 (year of the Incarnation 1567), Bull. Rom.,
VII., 537 ; cf. Laderchi, 1568 n. 17. *Motu proprio of July 12,
1566, which grants exemption from " gabelle " to the Clerks
Regular of S. Silvestro in Rome, in Estratti de libri instrument,
esistenti nell' arch, segreto Vatic. 1374-1557, serie 4 dell' Inventario.
State Archives, Rome.
^ Arch. stor. Lomb., XXXVIII. (191 1), 152 seq.
« Ibii. PREMOLI, Barnabiti, 206. Cf. supra, p. 237 seq.