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CHAPTER XIII
1507
Visit of Pope Julius II. to Urbino—Conquest of Bologna—Cas-
tiglione returns with the Duke to Urbino—Festivities in
honour of the Pope — Illustrious personages assembled at
Urbino—The dialogues of the ' Cortegiano'—Castiglione visits
Camaldoli — Giuliano de' Medici and Bembo at Urbino —
Bembo's carnival —Roman scholars introduced in the
'Cortegiano'—Sadoleto's description of the court of Urbino.
GREAT events had taken place at Urbino during
Castiglione's six months' absence. A few weeks after
his departure, Pope Julius II., attended by twenty-
two Cardinals and a great train of servants, arrived
at Urbino on September 25, and spent three days at
the palace as the Duke's guest. He came straight
from Perugia, where he had received the submission
of Gianpaolo Baglioni, and was on his way to expel
the Bentivogli from Bologna. It was a proud day
for the little city, and her chroniclers were careful to
record every incident of the warlike Pontiff's visitd
They tell us how His Holiness halted at San Ber-
nardino, a mile without the gates, and entered the
church to see Duke Federico's grave, and walked in
the shady garden and admired the beauty of the
prospect. It was evening by the time that he reached
the city gates, where forty-five youths clad in silk
brocade were waiting to escort him to the Duomo,
* Cod. Vat. Urb.j 904; Baldi, ' Vita di Guidobaldo/ p. 105.
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1507
Visit of Pope Julius II. to Urbino—Conquest of Bologna—Cas-
tiglione returns with the Duke to Urbino—Festivities in
honour of the Pope — Illustrious personages assembled at
Urbino—The dialogues of the ' Cortegiano'—Castiglione visits
Camaldoli — Giuliano de' Medici and Bembo at Urbino —
Bembo's carnival —Roman scholars introduced in the
'Cortegiano'—Sadoleto's description of the court of Urbino.
GREAT events had taken place at Urbino during
Castiglione's six months' absence. A few weeks after
his departure, Pope Julius II., attended by twenty-
two Cardinals and a great train of servants, arrived
at Urbino on September 25, and spent three days at
the palace as the Duke's guest. He came straight
from Perugia, where he had received the submission
of Gianpaolo Baglioni, and was on his way to expel
the Bentivogli from Bologna. It was a proud day
for the little city, and her chroniclers were careful to
record every incident of the warlike Pontiff's visitd
They tell us how His Holiness halted at San Ber-
nardino, a mile without the gates, and entered the
church to see Duke Federico's grave, and walked in
the shady garden and admired the beauty of the
prospect. It was evening by the time that he reached
the city gates, where forty-five youths clad in silk
brocade were waiting to escort him to the Duomo,
* Cod. Vat. Urb.j 904; Baldi, ' Vita di Guidobaldo/ p. 105.
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