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Show Great Churchman Was Modest. St. nonaventura, cnlleil "the Bcr-aplilc Bcr-aplilc iloctor," who was Roticrnl of the order of FranclHcnriH, hnil a reluctance to receiving awards which In worthy of'inentlon. With tenrs anil entreaties ho prevailed upon ono popo not to mako him nrchulshop of York, nut when he had been hiHtrutnentul hi securing the election of Gregory X. ho feared that ho would lio rewarded anil Hod to I'nrls. The popo ordorcd him to return to Italy nnd becomo a cardinal, nnd the mcssengcrH sent to Invest him found him nt a monaster; near Florence humbly wnshlng up tho dlslii.'B, Ho bnclo them hnng the cnrdliuil's hat on n bough until ho line finished. |