The Lives and times of the Roman Pontiffs from StPeter to Pius IX . ishop of Fer-mo, and dedicated to Benedict XIV. (Rome, 1741, 4to). One day seeing a peasant complain bitterly of a tax which he was paying,he inquired into the nature of the tax, and seeing that it really was unjust,he suppressed it, saying at the same time that the peasant was right, andhad good reason for complaint. The Dominicans erected a fine tomb, by Marchioni, to Benedict XIII., inthe chapel of Saint Dominic at the Minerva. The Holy See was vacant eight months and twenty-one days 250. CLEMENT XII. —a. n. 1730. *E are no
The Lives and times of the Roman Pontiffs from StPeter to Pius IX . ishop of Fer-mo, and dedicated to Benedict XIV. (Rome, 1741, 4to). One day seeing a peasant complain bitterly of a tax which he was paying,he inquired into the nature of the tax, and seeing that it really was unjust,he suppressed it, saying at the same time that the peasant was right, andhad good reason for complaint. The Dominicans erected a fine tomb, by Marchioni, to Benedict XIII., inthe chapel of Saint Dominic at the Minerva. The Holy See was vacant eight months and twenty-one days 250. CLEMENT XII. —a. n. 1730. *E are now to examine the reign of Clement XII., anillustrious countryman of the noble family of XII. (Lawrence Corsini), of a most illus-trious family of Tuscany, was born at Florence, April16, 1653. His father was Bartholomew Corsini, marquis ofCasigliano; his mother, Isabella Strozzi, sister of theduke of Bagnuolo. The Corsini family originated at Florence. It descended from Corsino,whose son was lord of Castelluccio and Poggibonsi, about 1150. Thomas,. CLEMENT Xn, 2i9 Philip, Jolin, Peter, Gerard, rose to the dignity of gonfaloniers, suprenitjmagistrates of the republic. Thomas was also ambassador to Sienna, Bo-logna, Milan, and Rome, as well as to the Emperor Wcnccslaxis and ^lieking of Hungary. Philip, his son, was employed in the same embassies,and repeatedly sent to France. Peter Corsini, bishop of Florence, and sub-sequently canlinal, had been accredited by Urban V. as legate to the Em-peror Charles IV., from whom he obtained, in 1371, the title of Prince of theHoly Empire, in consideration of his service^ in restoring peace. Among other glories of the family, is that of having given to earth and toheaven, Saint Andrew Corsini, a Carmelite, who died in 1374, and was canon-ized in 1G29 by Urban VIII. Neri Corsini, who succeeded his brother An-drew on the See of Fiesole, also by his virtues obtained the title of Blessed. Bartholomew Corsini, marquis of Casigliano
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