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PROMOTION OF CHARLES BORROMEO. 97<br />

one made his entrance into <strong>the</strong> Eternal City. Ths elevation<br />

<strong>of</strong> his uncle to <strong>the</strong> throne <strong>of</strong> St. Peter could hardly have had a<br />

more happy result than that, at a single stroke, it opened <strong>the</strong><br />

way on which he, in <strong>the</strong> course <strong>of</strong> a few years, was to become<br />

<strong>the</strong> most enlightened guide and <strong>the</strong> ablest promoter <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong><br />

Catholic reformation.<br />

Immediately after <strong>the</strong> arrival <strong>of</strong> Charles, Pius IV. showed<br />

his affection for him so plainly that people said he loved him<br />

as <strong>the</strong> apple <strong>of</strong> his eye.^ He at once invested him with <strong>the</strong><br />

dignity <strong>of</strong> Protonotary and with various benefices. ^ It was<br />

at once rumoured in Milan as weU as in Rome, that Charles,<br />

who was so highly esteemed by <strong>the</strong> Pope, would be raised to<br />

<strong>the</strong> purple,^ and his reception into <strong>the</strong> Sacred College followed<br />

Bolland., XXII., 121. <strong>The</strong> most wide-spread and interesting<br />

description <strong>of</strong> his hfe was that compiled for <strong>the</strong> feast <strong>of</strong> his canon-<br />

ization, GiussANO, Brescia, 1610. Aristide Sala collected<br />

documents relating to C. Borromeo (three volumes, and Fascicolo<br />

conclusionale, Milan, 1857-62) as well as his Biografia (Milan,<br />

1858) provided with " Dissertazioni e note." Much unpublished<br />

material is made use <strong>of</strong> by Charles Sylvain (Lille, 1884) and in<br />

<strong>the</strong> publication San Carlo Borromeo nel terzo centenario della<br />

canonizzazione, Milan, 1908-10. <strong>The</strong> Bollandists are preparing<br />

a new and comprehensive collection <strong>of</strong> documents relating to<br />

C. Borromeo. In particular, <strong>the</strong> documents <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Roman<br />

archives and <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Ambrosian Library in Milan, which P. v.<br />

Ortroy has collected during long years <strong>of</strong> devoted work, are to<br />

be pubhshed by <strong>the</strong>m.<br />

^ It is said <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Pope, writes Ricasoli on January 12, 1560 :<br />

" *Carlo esser T ochio suo diretto." (State Archives, Florence).<br />

2 Cf. *Avviso di Roma <strong>of</strong> January 27, 1560 (Urb. 1039, p. 122b,<br />

Vatican Library).<br />

^ Besides Sylvain, L, 50 seq., cf. <strong>the</strong> *Avviso di Roma <strong>of</strong> January<br />

13, 1560, according to which <strong>the</strong> early elevation <strong>of</strong> Charles<br />

to <strong>the</strong> cardinalate was already spoken <strong>of</strong> (Urb. 1039, p. 117,<br />

Vatican l!ibrary). In <strong>the</strong> *letter <strong>of</strong> GiuHo Grandi, dated Rome,<br />

January 17, 1560, it is stated : "Si ragiona che nel concistoro de<br />

venerdi proximo la S. Sua promovera al cardinalato 1' abate<br />

Bonromei [sic] suo nipote con darli il suo capello proprio. Questo<br />

giovane e molto amato dalla S*^^ Sua et peramente dimostra<br />

nelle sue attioni esser assaJ meritevole." (State Arch. Modena).<br />

VOL. XV. 7

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