He killed and burnt in the country, entered and sacked the towns, all in the name of the Sovereign Pontiff, so that before long the exile of Avignon was again able to return and occupy his throne in Rome.

The Spanish cardinal after all these campaigns, which gave half Italy to the Papacy, was as rich as any king, and he founded the celebrated Spanish college in Bologna.

The Pope, well aware of his robberies and rapacity, asked him to give some sort of accounts.

The proud Don Gil presented him with a cart laden with keys and bolts.
"These," said he proudly, "belong to the towns and castles I have gained for the Papacy.

These are my accounts." The irresistible glamour that a powerful warrior throws over a man physically feeble was strongly felt by Gabriel, and it was augmented by the thought that so much bravery and haughtiness had been joined in a servant of the Church.