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FRANCE. 138 ^ -u- ., Tt was to the interest of the popes its functions f- a fashion I^ rin^litor, though humble in to maintam ^*, -d f ^^^f ^^^^^ predecessors enjoyed, was yet a comparison with that wtiicn ms i .^^ ^ source of influence, ^^^^^^1^^:^^ for the post at eagerly sought. n U14 . e tol t ^^^^^^ ^^^^ ^.^,^^ ^^ Toulouse, and ^-^^f^^^'^^Znel was also the subject of con- Carcassonne. The diocese oi ^tb . , between the two Mendicant Orders. It ^^ M be reme jy ^^ the in- other French cantons, was ^^'^l-^^.f. .^^^ "^^^^^^ Geneva duisitorial province of J^'^^^^r'n tf t ^m^^^^^^^ of Vienne, belonged, ^oweve'-, -lesia^^; Cs,ti::i o^ Provence, and which was under the Franciscan i^ peugeyron was Gregory XL so treated -^^^^^^^ ,,,,»e enumera- commissioned, m l-iuy, Lreneyci commission was re- t.on of the dioceses under^m ; bu ^ J^ ^^ ^^ ^ to ex- newed by Martm V m U18 ~f ' ^^^ threat of a most ercise his powers there, ihere at 0"«^ . j^ Domini- scandalous quarrel bet-een the combatu^^^^^^^^^ ^ollmt^thentr..^^^^^^^^ s^=rii^=i.i.^ der Sixtus IV., in confirming Frere ^^^l^^^^^^ ^L,, ,,as was ««"^"i^^i-'^f^ftW 'elderly sought had no legitimate means Yet the position thus eageriy soug o