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In addition to the Vatican, Eome ' See Vol. I., Age of the Despots, p. 145. ^ He held this post under Julius II. ECCLESIASTICAL COUKTIERS 293 displajecl a multitude of petty Courts and minor cirolea.' Eacli cardinal and each ambassador held a jurisdiction in- dependent of the Pope, and not iinfrequently in opposition to the ruling power. To found academies, to gather clever men around them, and to play the part of MsBcenas was the ambition of these subordinate princes. During the pontificate of... Leo the Cardinals Eiario, Giulio de' Medici, Bibbiema, Petrucci, Farnese, Alidosi, and Gonzaga, not to mention others, entertained their own following of flatterers and poets, who danced attendance at their levees, accom- panied them in public, and earned a meagre pittance by leompliments and dedications. Some of these priestly patrona affected the arts, others the sciences ; others again, and these the majority, bestowed their favours upon literature. Ippo- lito de' Medici is said to have maintained a retinue of three hundred poets, among whom are mentioned the elegant Molza and the learned Valeriano.
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