 Matteo Orsini was appointed an Ambassador ("Orator") of the embassy deputed by the Romans to invite John XXII to transfer his residence back to Rome from Avignon.In answer to Fr.Matteo Orsini's addresses, the Pope replied to the Romans again in a letter of 8 June 1327, emphasizing the danger that Louis the Bavarian represented, and the impossibility of travelling to Rome just at that time.