He was nephew of Gregory IX., which throws some light upon the practices which have just been described.

After having been swept away in Elias's disgrace and condemned to prison for life, he became in the end Bishop of Bayeux.

I note for those who take an interest in those things that manuscripts of two of his sermons may be found in the National Library of Paris.

The author of them being indicated simply as _fr.Gr.

min._, it has only lately become known whose they were.