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2 Table of Contents: “... -- 66. Queen Irmentrude to bishop Pardulus -- 67. Lupus to the brothers of Saint Amand -- 68. On behalf...”

3 Table of Contents: “...I: The Early Career of Scipio dei Ricci -- II: Ricci as Bishop of Pistoia and Prato -- III...”

4 “... as to the influence this early material may have had in forming the image of the "good" Bishop that emerged...”

5 “... by certain cardinals at the very curia which condemned it; and so staunch a champion of orthodoxy as Bishop...”