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 Cajetan. A copy of it was secured by the Elector Frederic's agents at Augsburg and forwarded to Luther, whom it reached at Nurem- berg late in October. Infra, no. 93, October 31. Luther incorporated it in his Acta Augustana, and thus it has reached posterity. Ranke and others have doubted its genuineness, but on insufficient grounds. C/. Weimar, he, cit., p. 22, and Realencyclopddie, s. v. Sadoleto.

Giacomo de Vio, of Gaeta (thence known as Cajetan and usually as Thomas, the name he assumed on becoming a monk; February 20, 1469-9 or 10 August, 1534), became a Dominican 1484, studied at Naples, Bologna and Padua; 1500 called to Rome as Procurator of his Order; 1507 began to teach at the University, and the next year was elected General of his Order. He was active against the schismatics at the Council of Pisa 151 1-2. Made Cardinal by Leo, July I, 1517, and Bishop of Palermo 1518. In December, 1517, he published a work on indulgences, which seems to refer to Luther's Theses (Zeitschrift fur Kirchengeschichte, xxxii., 201). In 1518 he was sent as legate to the Diet of Augsburg, and here saw Luther, legate to Hungary. From 1524, to the sack of Rome, 1527, he lived in that city as councillor of Clement VII, and again from 1530-4. Life, by A. Cossio (1902), Realencyclopddie, Lauchert, op, cit., I33ff; Zeitschrift fUr Kirchengeschichte, xxiii. 24off.

Beloved Son, greeting and the apostolic blessing! After it had come to our ears that a certain Martin Luther, repro- bate Augustinian, had asserted some heresies and some things different from those held by the Roman Church, and in addi- tion to this, of his own rashness and obstinacy, forgetting the duty of obedience and not consulting the mistress of the faith, the Roman Church, had dared to publish some slander- ous books in divers parts of Germany, we, desirous of paternally correcting his rashness, ordered our venerable brother Jerome,* Bishop of AscoH, General Auditor of the Curia, to cite the said Martin to appear personally before him to be examined under certain penalties and to answer for his faith. The said Auditor Jerome, as we have heard, issued this citation to the said Martin.

But recently it has come to our notice that the said Martin, abusing our clemency and become bolder thereby, adding

^Jerome Ghinucci, of Siena, secretary of Julius II., by whom he was made Bishop of Ascoli. By Leo X. he was made Auditor, t. e.. Supreme Justice of the Papal Curia, and sent at one time as nuncio to England. In 1538 he was made cardinal, and died July 3, 1541. Disionario de ErudtMione (Venice, 1844), j. «.

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