The History of the Popes, Vol. 38

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Excerpt from The History of the Popes, Vol. 38: From the Close of the Middle Ages, Drawn From the Secret Archives of the Vatican and Other Original Sources, From the German Even while Clement XIII. was still alive, the secular Powers had devoted more frequent and earnest attention to the next Papal election than was usual when a conclave was thought to be approaching. This was caused by the Popes frequent illnesses, and the keenness of the envoys and Ministers was especially sharpened by the fear of another Cardinal of Jesuit leanings ascending the throne of St. Peter. As soon as Clement XIII. knew himself to be in serious danger of death, in August 1765, Azpuru, the Spanish ambassador in Rome, asked his Minister, Grimaldi, for instructions for the next conclave. As a basis for the requested instructions, Grimaldi called for reports on the various Cardinals from the ambassador himself and from Tanucci. Whereas Tanucci included several Cardinals friendly to the Jesuits among those he mentioned with approval and for further details referred Grimaldi to the ex-ambassador, Roda, as being better informed, in Azpuru sreport the attitude of the various Cardinals towards the Society of Jesus was of decisive importance in his appreciation of them. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.