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away amongst monks. He writes to the Benedictine
Abbey of Fleury to apprise the convent that some
subjects, who had sinned in this particular, would
be sent to a cell or dependence
J- of the Order.1
"
Grossetete has been upheld for his supposed opposition
to the Pope in the matter of subsidies and
the nomination of foreigners to English benefices,
A son may urge a father not to press for his paternal
rights in a particular case. In this sense Grossetete
did resist his father, the Pope. England is only &
small part of the Church, though large enough ta
feel the disturbances at headquarters. The Romans
themselves and the German Emperor prepared the
Avignon captivity, with which the successors of Innocent
IV. had to contend. Sojourn in France meant "
security from the ills of the hour, wrhich in Eome were
apt to be unruliness in the people, rebellion, and blood-
shedding in the streets of the Eternal City. The
Papal Court at Lyons had to be kept up by the alms
of the faithful. Moreover, the Pope was involved in
a long struggle with the emperor, Frederick II., and
this, too, required extraordinary subsidies. Thus,.
occasionally Italians were nominated to English
benefices, because the state of Italy made it impossible
to provide for them in their own country.
The Pope was not in fault. He had to govern the
Universal Church, and to meet its needs ; whereas
1 " Mittimus tales ex vobis ad cellam de Menting qui luxuriose
cum meretricibus vivunt, proprietarii, inobedientes, commesa-
tionibus et ebrietatibus jocisque vacantes," etc.-Ibid.