After several days of fighting, William and his army finally swept away the rebels led by Bishop Sipilen, and although the culprit Sipelian fled alone, the result was still perfect.

With the support of a group of cardinals and bishops of the dioceses of Italy, Benedict IX once again became the Holy See, taking full control of the Church.

Of course, this was indispensable for William's help, for which William paid no less than 50,000 pounds of silver to bribe the bishops, and William also won the gratitude of Benedict IX, who immediately ordered the Holy See saints to investigate the miracle of William's father, Robert, and prepare to canonize Robert, the former Duke of Normandy.

In the Catholic tradition, canonization is graded as "saint" and "beatitude", and the canonization of some believers is a solemn declaration that those believers have heroically practiced virtue and lived faithfully to God's grace. By this the Church acknowledges the power of God in their holiness and supports the hope of believers by providing them with saints as models and intercessors.

In the Catholic sense, "saints" refer to ancestors whose souls ascend to heaven after death, can be exemplary to believers, and should be respected by believers.

William reciprocated by announcing that he would build a cathedral in Evreux with St. Peter as its patron, and the cathedral was named St. Peter's Cathedral.

Peter, i.e. Simon. Peter, one of the early Christian leaders, one of the twelve disciples of Jesus, and the elder brother of the twelve apostles Andrew. He was one of the Twelve Apostles, who had lived by fishing, and then followed Jesus Christ, and after the Holy Spirit descended on the day of Jesus Christ's ascension to Pentecost, he began to preach the gospel, first to Jews and then to Gentiles. He was persecuted by the Roman Emperor Nero and died of martyrdom in Rome, and before his death Peter himself asked to be crucified.

Inspired by William's piety, Benedict IX immediately canonized William's father, Robert the Pious, Duke of Normandy, as a saint, and immediately proclaimed his remarks on the Count of Mortan. Morality. The excommunication and breaking of the law by Evréa and William the Younger, Earl of Eburg, excommunicated these rebellious Norman nobles, and it is believed that when this oracle came, the congregation would be betrayed and divorced.

Of course, William did not just get such a reward for doing so much for Pope Benedict IX, but also gave William full authority to the Bishopric of Normandy, and from then on, William would be in charge of all the ecclesiastical affairs in the de jure territory of Normandy, and the Holy See would not have the right to interfere under normal circumstances. In addition, the Pope also gave many items such as holy flags and robes.

In addition to William, the three leaders of the Norman mercenary group, William, Drogo and Humphrey, also received their due rewards. Morality. Ottwell received the Duke of Apria and the Count of Apulia, Drago. Morality. Outville was made Count of Foggia and Humphrey was made Count of Taranto.

As for Caesar. Morality. Although Ottwell was a vassal of William, as a meritorious servant of hard work, the Pope canonized him as Count of Catanzaro and Count Reggio for William's sake.

Despite the high level of noble titles given to them by His Majesty the Pope, with the exception of the county of Apulia, which was controlled by the House of Ottville, most of the rest of the territories were in the hands of the Byzantine Empire and Islamic pagans, who had to fight to the end if they wanted to obtain the territories they wanted to match.

In particular, Caesar's two counties, Catanzaro and Regio, were in the hands of the Muslim infidels, with their base camp in Sicily and behind them the support of the North Africans, and the situation was very dangerous.

As Caesar's lord, William deliberately left Caesar 50,000 pounds of silver and gold coins and 1,000 sets of full-body plate armor in order to help Caesar gain a firm foothold, with which Caesar could calmly support a standing army of more than 5,000 people.

"Your Highness William, please take back these riches and materials, I have no shame to accept these gifts." Caesar shook his head and said with a determined face.

"I know that your ambitions and abilities are not limited to one count, and that you cannot use all your talents under my command, so I want you to gain a foothold in Catanzaro and Reggio, conquer Sicily, and strive to become the Duke of Sicily, and fight alongside me as my partner!" William clasped Caesar's hands and said in a sincere tone.

"I will always be your vassal, this will never change, and I will do my best to help you if you need anything in the future!" Caesar nodded in promise.

"My good brother! Caesar. William patted Caesar's arm and laughed openly.

"Haha! My Highness, William, I don't think your ambitions will go as far as Normandy, right? Caesar asked with a smile.

"I've long seen that you're as ambitious as I am!" William raised his head and laughed, stretched out his arm and pointed to the northwest and said: "France and England are my goals, I want to win the crown of France and England." Caesar, let's see if you will take the Duke of Sicily and be crowned King of Sicily first, or if I will take the crown of England and France first! ”

"What's the stake?" Caesar replied with a smile.

"Hmm... It is better to let the loser give his son to the victor to train him. William groaned slightly, nodded and said.

"Looks like you're only a little over ten years old, and I still have to wait for your child!" Caesar laughed heartily and said in a teasing tone.

"Hmph, I'll be engaged to a princess when I go back, so I'll be better than you, Mr. Bachelor!" William squinted at Caesar and smiled, "I just don't know if you can marry a princess?" ”

"You're still worried about yourself!" Caesar looked disdainful and said, "You see that I have even named my own children, the eldest son is Roger, the second son is Bohemond, and the third son is Guy, I just don't know if you can be ready?" ”

"When... Of course! Of course, I had my son's name ready. William stiffened his neck and retorted, "Robert, Richard, Henry, Godfrey...... I've got dozens of boys' names to choose from! ”

"His Royal Highness William, my uncle is helping you!" Caesar no longer argued with William about this topic, shrugged his shoulders, and said solemnly: "My sister Emma has asked you, I hope you can help her find a good husband, a good husband." ”

Although William was not paying attention to outsiders, he still knew that if he said this, he would not be able to break his leg by Caesar, and at this time, there was no German orthopedics, and William did not dare to take this risk.

"That's natural, her husband will be a king, a duke, or at least a duke heir." William held his head high and patted his chest in reassurance.