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RUSSIA, POLAND AND PORTUGAL. 25I<br />

Canobio also informed <strong>the</strong> Emperor that <strong>the</strong> Pope had<br />

resolved to convey to <strong>the</strong> Russian Tsar, Ivan Wassiljewicz,<br />

as well as to <strong>the</strong> King <strong>of</strong> Poland, a conciliar bull and a brief<br />

(<strong>of</strong> April 13th, 1561) just as his predecessors had invited <strong>the</strong><br />

Greek Emperor to general councils. Ferdinand agreed to<br />

this mission, and Hosius decided that Canobio should under-<br />

take its discharge. When Canobio reached <strong>the</strong> court <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong><br />

Pohsh King, Sigismund Augustus, <strong>the</strong> latter declared himself<br />

quite ready to support <strong>the</strong> Council, but he refused to allow<br />

<strong>the</strong> journey to Russia through his kingdom. ^ Pius IV.,<br />

however, would not give up his purpose <strong>of</strong> negotiating<br />

with <strong>the</strong> Russian Tsar, and without <strong>the</strong> knowledge <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong><br />

Polish King or <strong>the</strong> Emperor, he appointed a new envoy to<br />

Russia in <strong>the</strong> person <strong>of</strong> Giovanni Geraldi, whose journey,<br />

however, ended in a Polish prison ; he only succeeded in<br />

regaining his liberty in 1564.<br />

One <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> few countries <strong>from</strong> which gratif3dng news arrived<br />

was Portugal, <strong>the</strong> king <strong>of</strong> which country, Sebastian, was<br />

full <strong>of</strong> zeal for <strong>the</strong> Council. On March 17th, 1561, <strong>the</strong> nuncio,<br />

Prospero Santa Croce, reported to Borromeo <strong>from</strong> Lisbon :<br />

" It is <strong>the</strong> firm resolve <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> king that all <strong>the</strong> prelates <strong>of</strong> his<br />

kingdom shall attend <strong>the</strong> Council, and in view <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> importance<br />

<strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> matter, no excuses will be accepted. <strong>The</strong><br />

king will send his envoy to Trent as soon as he has heard <strong>of</strong><br />

<strong>the</strong> appointment <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> legates." <strong>The</strong> Pope praised <strong>the</strong> zeal<br />

<strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> king in a brief <strong>of</strong> April 26th, 1561.^<br />

^ Cf. SicKEL, Konzil, 192, 195; Steinherz, L, 243, 245;<br />

SusTA, I., II ; Pallavicini, 15, 9, 4; PiERLiNG, I., 369 seq.<br />

tJBERSBERGER, I., 348. <strong>The</strong> brief to <strong>the</strong> Tsar in Raynaldus,<br />

1 561, n. 17 ; Le Plat, IV., 700 seq. For <strong>the</strong> great difficulties<br />

which, in spite <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> acceptance <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> conciliar bull on <strong>the</strong> part<br />

<strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> King, arose in Poland on <strong>the</strong> question <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> appointment<br />

<strong>of</strong> delegates for <strong>the</strong> Council, see Susta, I., 121.<br />

373<br />

2 Cf. PiERLiNG, Rome etMoscou, 53 seq., Paris, 1883 ; Pierling,<br />

seq. ; Susta, I., 285 seq. ; Turgeniev, Russiae Monum., I.,<br />

181 seq. ; Ubersberger, I., 349.<br />

^ Cf. Laemmer, Melet., 184 ; Steinherz, I., 247 ; Raynaldus,<br />

1 561, n. 14 ; Le Plat, IV., 702 ; Corpo dipl. Portug., IX., 235 ;<br />

Susta, I., 2\; Ehses, VIII., 175, 198.<br />

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