**COURSE OF MORAL THEOLOGY**
**COMPRISING SEVEN TRACTS**
FRANCESCO DE MEYRONNES - FRANCESCO DA OSUNA
The justification for this rigor was deemed necessary based on the evidence. In 1822, he condemned to death the priest G. Andreoli, as the most culpable among the accused, "on account of his status as a priest and professor, which he used to seduce the youth and draw them into the Carbonari society to which he belonged."
Firmly convinced that he could nullify the influence of revolutionary ideas through paternalistic reforms, he sought to eliminate the causes of discontent among his subjects through economic measures (fair distribution of grain, sale of grain at just prices during famines, promotion of agricultural, industrial, and commercial activities), thereby preventing them from becoming inclined toward innovation. He did not remain indifferent to the prospect of extending his sovereignty over a larger territory than the one he had inherited and gave his support to Enrico Misley and Ciro Menotti, who had presented such an opportunity to him. However, it is certain that he was not fully informed by his relatives about their true political and ideological intentions. The death sentence against Menotti was therefore erroneously judged and interpreted as an act of vengeful resentment, also influenced by the ambiguous position in which the duke found himself vis-à-vis Austria and the other Italian states. He considered the alliance between throne and altar one of the fundamental conditions for preserving the established order and always favored the Church, though on occasion he affirmed the primacy of civil power over ecclesiastical authority. Among his works is an interesting and insightful study on Sardinia, which he carefully traversed and astutely described.