Charles V
In making his confession, Charles V brought up personal sins, but said no word about those linked to his office of State. Noticing the omission, the confessor priest rebuked the sovereign, saying:
“—Very well. You’ve told me about the sins of Charles. So tell me now about the sins of the Emperor.”
Edmond Guérard, Dictionnaire encyclopédique d’anécdotes (Paris: Firmin Didot, 1872), Vol. 1, 241. (Nobility.org translation.)
Short Stories on Honor, Chivalry, and the World of Nobility—no. 410
