FOOTNOTES:
[55] The relinquishing of the religious habit and office, for that of the secular clergy.
[56] Rev. xvii. 2.
[57] A certain declaration of the clergy of France in relation to the infallibility of the pope.
[58] That is to say, not by the Holy Office in Rome.
[59] To quit the monastic life, and to live as a simple priest. See note to p. 189.
[60] It were devoutly to be wished the latter knew as much.
[61] Matt. xx. 21.
[62] Matt. xx. 25-27.
[63] Ephes. iv. 11.
[64] I Cor. xii.
[65] Ibid.
[66] Ibid.
[67] Many persons believe that the body of St. Paul lies under the church, in the Via Ostia; others are of opinion that it is buried by the side of St. Peter. The Romish Church favours both these beliefs.
[68] Matt. xxvii. 8.
[69] Hebrews vii. 24-27.
[70] Luke xvii. 10.
[71] My family is one of the oldest in Rome, and celebrated for its hostility to the popes, and the persecutions it has endured.
[72] A popular mode of addressing the friars at Rome and Naples: Zi frate, which is similar to zii (uncle).
[73] The prevalent idea throughout Italy is that priests and monks can name the numbers in the lottery that will come up prizes.
[74] He died of grief, in consequence of the treatment he experienced from Gregory XVI., who when the Cardinal was pleading before His Holiness the cause of some poor liberals who were sacrificed by the cruelty of Cardinal Lambruschini, the Pope harshly reproached him, saying, "Your Eminence must look to your own acts."