The morning star and Catholic messenger., 1876-01-02

II
In tho great work on the -
Ailan' begun BY Caatigi,one in tsa 'qaltis 90
and printed in the beginning Of the s ' s''tssas|
century, the fact of the thrss s'evsatsspt'
under the altar is mentioned, and uis' Ss b.a.
are given concerning this tradi,io' Any p.s|
st. Ambrose is the type of all w.
Of the Church who nobly dsfs,s o'c ps
God against the tyranny and ana .ne oass
man. He it was who said IN rpressOa =,
Let not the splendor of Your seOd0ai sa'S
binder You from being aceuaintss ssfpis roA
infrmities of that body which :, With
You are of the same mould with ., eoss7
which you govern; and there is on. ~ 'aDa
Lord and Emperor of the worldp, ' ''aas.
To the Arian prosecutors who ,,;
vict him Of some disloyalty he s.;s 70
tribute is C"sar's, the Church ia Goa.
Emperor is in the Church, not abov.s.ss
discovery of his body in these tina, ~.
be one of the means ordained By Ga
encouragement Of those holy Cspf....
in German prisons or in dreary exi. ',
the cause of truth and the rights of c't IpAA
1t would also be we'll for the Kin.
perors of to-day, who raise their hand, ~ an
the Church, TO initiate the caudor ~ -. <aa'I
Theodosius, who testified that, az AM.
passed with fatterers, and have fonna -.
mau that has set me right, and to,d
trutb,'' and who then did what 8. A..
prescribed in order to atone for bis sin,
We now quote what took place in w,..
the OH of August, 1s7l. after acknorI.a-.
our Indebtedness to the Cati9fe Re,o,, .to
tober, 1873. for nearly all OF, iDto,m.,;a. osl
this subject
"1n the evening of the 9th Of Apv,.. 10.
there were assembled at the tomb Of III. II. =
cellency, the Archbishop, the provn.ts s
Chapter of St. Ambrogio, the Docso,S So y, ~
Aubrosian Library, ana the Professor, Of ot !.
Museum of Archeo olcgy. An Inspection g
made of the seals which had been plse,s
the lid in 1854, and these being fond J.
touched, they were then broken, anth. y.
covering of the urn was proceeded wiAaS,
form prescribed by the Holy See.
When the marble was removed. tbsa.
skulls and bones of the saints were seer, IN
excellent state of preservation, lying M
bottom of the urn, and immersed in very tr
water. This water was analy sed, and tO,i
to be natural water which had pereO,1l
through the tssure of the lid when the BaIal
had been inundated. In the middle was N
body of st. Ambrose, recogniz able by the Nj
cious pontiical ornaments that still reusa
in fragments upon it. On each side W.,
skeleton, the bodies of the holy martyrs, Slls
Gervase aud Protase, of extraordluary stain
The urn W as then recovered aud re sealedEi
the joyful news was at once sent in a telegnl
to the Holy Father. A few days later hl
new act and in presence of compsteu. u
nesses, the urn was again uncovered By u
removal of the lid. The water was e1rxal
by means of siphon, and placed in the ars
ty. The bones of the Saints were csriiIII
taken out and laid in exactly the same pOsta
which they occupied in the urn upon aA
covered with sacred cloths. TIE festivLn
joicipg that ensued in Milan it would bs dt
! cult to describe.
MAY this discovery be the pressgs Of
fresh triumph for the Church in the psrserl
tion she is now enduring, as Of old ths di
covery of the holy martyrs, Saints GecvaSr
and Protasius, by means of St Ambroser sAss
ed to announce the discontinue of Aianisu
in the West"