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^?iS^'?S^'- ^JE2"' ■?t?" " tis expense by the Spanish Jeeuit, Artv»lo: "S. Isi- ™(n^bria™'i89»!'V™ «",; Jo" HispaJeMis Opera Omnia" (R«me, 1797-1803). ■im cKntimiieii (i^eiixii. 101)11: Along with these Scientific pursuits he actively Fiirried on social work, foiindinK hospitals and asy- luma and extending a helping hand to the needy. During the French Revolution he was ageneroua beno- factor of the exiled French clergy, over five hundred of whom he received into his owe diocese. In 1789 lie was created cardinal!iy Pius VI, and in 1797 v

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LoiM, titular ee« in the province of Arabia, suf- appointed envw extraordinary irom Spam to the

fragan of Bostra. The city figures in the different ■?™>;.Sfe. In this capacity he supported thepope in

manuscripM ot the ".\otitiffl episcopaluum " of An- the difficulties attendant on the trench mvasion. On

tioch in tfie tenth century under the namea ot Lourea, * 'e death ot Pius VI be made possible the holding of

Dourea, and Lores {Echoa d'orieiit, II, 170; X 05). ^"^ conclave at Venice {1 Dec., 1799) by providing

This is all that ia known concerning the city, which ia travelling expenses tor some of the cardinals who were

not mentioned by any geographer, and the location utterly penniless. He accompanied the newly elected

of which is unknown. P"P<-'. Pms VII, to Rome and in order \a remain at his

S. VAiutf; ^^°'^ resigned in 1800 his archiepiscopal see. No lees active at Rome than at Mexico or Toledo, he was in

LoreiuUlfti Francisco Antonio de, Cardinal, b. 1801 one of Ihp founders ot a new Catholic Academy

22 Sept., 1722, at Leon in Spain; d. 17 April, 1804, at in the Eternal City. An inheritance of 25,000 s<

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completion of his studiee at the Jesuit College of his native eity, ne entered the ecclesiMtical state and WBB appointed, at an early date, to a caoonry in Toledo. In 17S5 he was named Bishop of Plasencia (not Pa- lenci*, OS sometimes erroneously stated). The following year he was called upon to assume the diffi- cult charge of the vast Archdiocese ot Mexico. He dis- played great enerey inadvancingnot only the religious, but also

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which fell to him he aaiigned to the poor. whom he designated

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N. A. Weber. Loieniettl, Pietro

Their dated works extend over a period of thirty years, from line to 1.348. Pietro was the elder. He wa.s the pupil ot Simonc di Martino, some of whose for- muke lie has pre- served tniihfully;T>ut he wns profoundly influeneeif by Giotto, He introducer! the

monument of his Iwneficcnce may be mentioned an dramatic into the Sienese school. Unfortunately he

asylum for foundlings which he established at bis own could not control biK wonilerful feeling for the lifelike

expense. He collected and published the acts of the and in the end he sometimes failed to distinguish his-

first three provincial councifa of Mexico held respQC- toryfromthepassingeventsof eveo'dny life. Hisfirst

tively in 1655, 1665, and 1585: "Concilios provin- known work is the "Iliatoiy of St. Humilitas", a

cialea, I, II, IIL de Mexico" (Mexico. 1769-70). In relifiiouaot Vallombrosa (d. 1310). The picture dated

1771 he himself held the fourth Mexican provincial 1316 at the Academy of Florence liears the impress cS

eynod. Unfortunately its decrees, which he tor- theliveli'cst sense of reality. It .iboundsinsmall, but

warded toMadrid for confirmation, were buried in the often delightful genre scenes. In his Assisi frescoes,

royal archives. He also brought together valuable whore he continued Giotto's "Life of Jesus", this

historical documents relating to the profane and re- realism strangely loses tone. In the "Cenocle", for

ligious history of Mexico and published them in a example, Pietro devotes an entire piece to a kitchen

nchly illustrated work under the title, "Historia de interior where lads wash the dishes while a dog licks

Nue>-a Espaila" (Mexico, 1770). In 1772 the inde- the plates. This lack ot dignity is perhaps mere

fatigable archbishop was recalled to Spain and placed familiarity coupled with gooil humour. Fondness for

at me head of the Archdiocese of Toledo. He built a this sort i>f picture is in part the cause of our liking for

great library for this city and collected the works of the creations of the Dutch school; it cannot even Ije

toe principal writers of the Church of Toledo. These said that details of thLs kind mny not 1» impressive as

writmgs appeared in a magnificent edition, "SS. is seen in Veronese's "Marriage utCana". ButPietro,

Patnun Toletanorum opera'' (Madrid, 1782-93). He likemostof theartistsof tlieMiddleAges,istoolacking

likewise published a new and very beautiful edition instylennd In art. Or rather he has only an intermit-

cf the Gothic or Moaarabic Breviary, "Brevlarium tent sense of them. Some of his nieces at least show

Qotbicum" (Madrid, 1775), and Mozarabic Missal, ot what he was capable; such as the admirable paints

"Hissale Gothicum" (Rome, 1804). In the intro- ins at .\ssisi, which represents the Blessed Virgin in

duetiona to these publications he discussed with great half-life size between St. John and St. I,oui3, and in

erudition the Moiarabic lit ur^-. Editions of Spanish which the fresco work attains the beauty of enamelling

eoneiliar decrees, ihe Roman Catechism, and theCan- and of the goldsmith's art. while the countenance of

onaof tbeCouncilofTrentalsoengngedhisattention, the Virgin, tearfully regarding the Divine Child, ox-

•od the works of Isidore of Seville were published at presses mait Iwautitully maternal anguish, remindr