sentences:  A regrettable conflict respecting the right of exemption which the Abbot of Étival claimed for his abbey arose at that time between the abbot and the Bishop of Toul.The cause was brought to Rome, where Cardinal Niccolò Maria Lercari, Cardinal Secretary of State, warmly upheld the contention of Hugo.To put an end to this incident, Benedict XIII named Hugo Bishop of Ptolemais "in partibus" in the consistory of 15 December 1728.