STATE PAPERS. 



437 



with reference to the usurpations 

 of the Court of Rome, were 

 drawn up and ratified. 



In these jesolutions the ancient 

 discipline of tlie German Church 

 is asserted, with respect to nomi- 

 nations and elections to ecclesias- 

 tical benefices ; and it is declared 

 that '• No bulls, briefs, or ordi- 

 nances of the Pope shall be bind- 

 ing on the bishops, unless the lat- 

 ter legularly signify their formal 

 assent." 



III. STATES OF ITAL'l--THE MILAN- 

 ESE AND AUSTRIAN" LOMBARDY. 



The archbishoprick of Milan, 

 the bishopricks of Pavia, Cremo- 

 na, Lodi, and Coino, ure at the 

 immediate nomination and pre- 

 sentation of the Emperor of Aus- 

 tria, who is, however, with re- 

 gard to the four last bisliopricks, 

 principally to appoint those sub- 

 jects that may be recommended 

 by the Pope. 



In these states the sovereign 

 right of the regium placifum re- 

 mains in its full force and exercise. 



IV. VENETIAN STATES. 



In these states, while indepen- 

 dent, tlie two patriarchs of Venice 

 and Acjuila were chosen by the 

 Senate — on a vacancy of an epis- 

 copal see, the names of three ec- 

 clesiastics were transmitted by the 

 Senate to Rome, and the reipiisite 

 bull of institution was sent by the 

 Pope to tlie first on the list. 



The same regulations existed 

 here as in the other states already 

 mentioned, respecting the regrum 

 placitinn. 



T. TUSCANY. 



On a vacancy occurring in any 

 Bishop's see, the Tuscan govern- 

 ment presents to the Pope the 

 names of four individuals, recom- 

 mending, at the same time, by 



means of the minister at Rome, 

 the one more particularly designa- 

 ted to fill the vacancy. 



Here also the regium placitum 

 exists. 



VI. NAPLES AND THE TWO SI- 



CILIES. 



In Naples a negotiation is now 

 going on respecting the appoint- 

 ing of bishops. 



In Sicily the nomination is ex- 

 clusively in the crown. 



In both there is i\iG regium pla- 

 citum. 



VII. SARDINIA, PIEDMONT, AND 



SAVOY. 



By a brief of Pope Nicholas V. 

 of 1451, the Sovereign of Sardi- 

 nia has the privilege of naming 

 to all the bishopricks. The same 

 was extended by a concordat, in 

 1727, to Savoy. 



The regium placitum is com- 

 pletely recognized. 



VIII. FRANCE. 



By the pnigmatic sanction of 

 St. Louis, in 1"26S, the bishops of 

 France were elected (by the 

 Deans and Chapter) •. but these 

 elections were not valid, witliout 

 the conge d'ilire of the King. 



By the concordat settled at Bo- 

 logna, between Pope Leo X. and 

 the King, Francis I. in 1515, the 

 French Monarchs have exercised 

 the nomination of all bishoi}3. 



In France the regium placitum 

 is established. 



IX. SPAIN. 



The patronage of all ecclesias- 

 tical benefices is in the King. He 

 presents to all vacant sees, and 

 requires that the necessary bulls 

 should be immediately transmit- 

 ted by the Pope to the newly ap- 

 pointed prelate. 



All bulls and rescripts subject 

 to tlio regium placitum. 



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