The Archbishop was a thoroughgoing Spaniard of the old school, and entertained somewhat radical opinions as to what should be done to end the distressing situation which existed.

The idea of the Primate of England which I had in some confused manner in my mind included a vision of the venerable towers of Lambeth,of a long array of solemn predecessors, from Thomas à Becket downwards,of great historical occasions on which the Archbishop of Canterbury had been a prominent figure; and in some way I fancied, vaguely, that you would see the primate surrounded by all these things.

It is not doubted but the archbishops, bishops, and most considerable abbots, were constituent members of this council.

The next archbishop after Lanfranc was Anselm, appointed by William Rufus.

' 'The Archbishop is a good Catholic who believes in everything the Church teachesin the Divinity of our Lord, the Immaculate Conception, and the Pope's indulgences.

The Archbishop of Saragossa presided; but this Archbishop was a boy of seventeen, an illegitimate son of the King; and he it was that commanded two priests to flog his father's lawful nephew, the Infante of Navarre, with rods.

The Archbishop of Canterbury had been a great personage under the Saxon kings.

' 'The Archbishop is a good Catholic who believes in everything the Church teachesin the Divinity of our Lord, the Immaculate Conception, and the Pope's indulgences.

It did not set out before the 27th of the following April; the Archbishop of Bourges, the most eloquent prelate in the council, was its spokesman; and it had orders to offer the King of England the hand of the Princess Catherine with a dowry of eight hundred and forty thousand golden crowns, besides fifteen towns in Aquitaine and the seneschalty of Limoges.

The Archbishop of Trinidad, Monsignor Gonin, who has jurisdiction also in St. Lucia, St. Vincent, Grenada, and Tobago, is a man not only of great energy and devotion, but of cultivation and knowledge of the world; having, I was told, attained distinction as a barrister elsewhere before he took Holy Orders.

The Archbishop and Francesco were no strangers to one another; their families had risen to affluence and power side by side in Florence, actuated by like sentiments and engaged in like activitieshatred of the Medici was mutual.

The Archbishop of York, Roger of Pont l'Evêque, once the companion of Thomas in Theobald's household, was now his personal enemy and rival.

If he had said that he would be married by the archbishop, then the archbishop it must be; to-night, at least, there should be no marriage.

As a way out of their embarrassment, they entered into a secret convention to the effect that one of them, a confidant of Philip the Handsome, should make known to him that the Archbishop of Bordeaux, Bertrand de Goth, was the candidate in respect of whom they could agree.

The first Archbishop of Canterbury was Austin, appointed by King Ethelbert, on his conversion to Christianity, about the year 598.

Contemplate those fiery remonstrances of Ambrose,the first on record,when prelates and emperors contended for the mastery, and you will see why the Archbishop of Milan is so great a favorite of the Catholic Church.

"The Archbishop of Paris," he said, "is the cause of all this trouble through ordering refusal of the sacraments."

The Seville Archbishops during the reign of Philip II were D. Fernando Valdes, Inquisitor General (d. 1568), D. Gaspar de Zúñiga y Avellaneda (d. 1571), D. Cristohal de Roxas y Sandoval (d. 1580), and D. Rodrigo de Castro (d. 1600).