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GIOVANNI COMMENDONE. 219<br />

forted himself with <strong>the</strong> consciousness <strong>of</strong> having fulfilled his<br />

duties as chief pastor.^<br />

Giovanni Commendone had begun his diplomatic career<br />

under Julius III. and Paul IV., in many missions, and in<br />

<strong>the</strong> <strong>of</strong>fice <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Secretary <strong>of</strong> State. He had also come in con-<br />

tact with that part <strong>of</strong> north Germany which he was now to<br />

visit, when he had accompanied <strong>the</strong> legates Dandino (1553)<br />

and Rebiba (1556).- He left Rome on December nth, 1560,^<br />

and arrived in Vienna on January 3rd, 1561.* He delivered<br />

to <strong>the</strong> Emperor, in addition to <strong>the</strong> bull <strong>of</strong> convocation, a brief<br />

and an autograph letter <strong>from</strong> <strong>the</strong> Pope. <strong>The</strong> brief contained<br />

an invitation to send envoys to <strong>the</strong> Council, and a request<br />

to order <strong>the</strong> bishops <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Imperial dominions to proceed<br />

to Trent. <strong>The</strong> autograph letter assured him once more that<br />

<strong>the</strong> Germans invited to <strong>the</strong> Council would be listened to with<br />

kindness and charity, and <strong>the</strong>ir just demands satisfied.<br />

^Cf. Mula's *report <strong>of</strong> November 18, 1560 (Court Library,<br />

Vienna) ; Sickel, Konzil, 149, 148 seq. ; Steinherz, I., 171 seq. ;<br />

Ehses, Ein papstlicher Nuntius, 39.<br />

"C/. Vols. XIII., 149, XIV., 119 <strong>of</strong> this work.<br />

^ <strong>The</strong> day <strong>of</strong> departure, which was not hi<strong>the</strong>rto known for<br />

certain, is given as December 10 in <strong>the</strong> *Viaggio, mentioned<br />

injra p. 225 n. 3 (Chigi Library, Rome). As <strong>the</strong>re only exists<br />

a copy <strong>of</strong> this authority, preference must be given to <strong>the</strong> following<br />

statement in Fr. Tonina's *report <strong>of</strong> December 11, 1560 : " II<br />

Commendone e partito hoggi per la corte Ces. con 120 brevi "<br />

(Gonzaga Archives, Mantua).<br />

* <strong>The</strong> *Register <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> reports <strong>of</strong> Commendone <strong>from</strong> Germany,<br />

written by Antonio Maria Graziani, is found in <strong>the</strong> Graziani<br />

Archives at Citta di Castello, and has been made accessible for<br />

<strong>the</strong> first time by <strong>the</strong> researches <strong>of</strong> J. Dengel. Afterwards it was<br />

published in part by Steinherz in <strong>the</strong> 2nd volume <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> 2nd<br />

section <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Nuntiaturberichte aus Deutschland. A later copy,<br />

already used by Pallavicini (15, 2, 5) is in Cod. Barb., 5798<br />

(formerly LXIL, 58). C/. also Susta, Kurie, I., 139, 312, 319.<br />

Finazzi has published part <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> letters, but with many errors,<br />

in <strong>the</strong> Miscell. di storia Ital., VI., 3 seqq. A splendid new edition<br />

in Ehses, VIII. , n. 80 seqq. <strong>The</strong> *Viaggio in <strong>the</strong> Chigi Library,<br />

Rome, mentioned injva p. 225 gives details <strong>of</strong> Commendone's route.

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