 One result of this new treaty was the release of the exiled cardinals, including Consalvi, who, upon re-joining the papal retinue, persuaded Pius VII to revoke the concessions he had made in it.This Pius VII began to do in March 1814, which led the French authorities to re-arrest many of the opposing prelates.Their confinement, however, lasted only a matter of weeks, as Napoleon abdicated on 11 April of that year.