Note 401 — Chapter IV · The Closing Days of the Bishop of Lavaur. His Portrait at Villiers
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Bunel writes to justify himself from the accusation (see page 175), that he had influenced the bishop’s decision to retire to his diocese, thus cutting short a brilliant worldly career. It was also believed that Bunel had encouraged his patron to lead a life of exaggerated austerity, which had hurried him to a premature death.