Note 69 — Chapter I · THE SPIRITUAL FRANCISCANS. (continued 2)
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Villani, Chronica, Lib. XI. c. 20.—Chron. Glassberger ann. 1334.—Vitodurani Chron. (Eccard. Corp. Hist. Med. Ævi I. 1806-8).—Friedrich, Statut. Synod. Wratislav., Hannoveræ, 1827, pp. 37, 38, 41.—Grandes Chroniques, V. 300.—Guillel. Nangiac. Contin. ann. 1326.—The collection of papal briefs relating to Saxony recently printed by Schmidt (Päbstliche Urkunden und Regesten, pp. 87-295) will explain the immense sums raised by John XXII. from the sale of canonries. It is within bounds to say that more than half the letters issued during his pontificate are appointments of this kind.
The accounts of the papal collector for Hungary in 1320 show the thoroughness with which the first-fruits of every petty benefice were looked after, and the enormous proportion consumed in the process. The collector charges himself with 1913 gold florins received, of which only 732 reached the papal treasury. (Theiner, Monumenta Slavor. Meridional. I. 147).