The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1878-02-12
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INV puSIN WILL BE BURIED
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uoy puyIX. WILL BE BURIED
ISSr. Pc rEKS.
TIL. rormnIIiics That are OBJ
erred The Process of EN-
hsImiug costumes Of Mourn
Ing --AbSOIuIiOns Pronounced
h. the Cardinals = The Body
TurIpd Benenth the stairway
Ihat Leads 10 the CupOia OF NJ.
Peier'S
ILvsI from Preface COncllVh" iEr tho Cin'
dsIIl fIf,tte.
S. soon a, the Pope had ceased to live,
Il, Cardinal CImerliugde assumes a VIC
/. costume, the insignia Of mourning,
Then, preceded by a MASTER Of ceremonies
,Dl accompanied by the tribunal and
clerk, Of the Apostolic Chamber, he goes
10 ii. chamber Of the dead, where the
~P.ui.nciers Of St. Peter are already as
.ubled 10 guard the body that lies on a
bed, and the face covered with a veil.
Alter a abort prayer the Cardinal or
J.u the veil TO be raised and taps three
lime, with a silver hammer upon the
breheal Of the deceased, calling him
each time By name. He then turns to-
SIrd. the assistants and says to them,
"Rpivsr mGrtuus esl."
Alter they have recited the De Profundis
j. ,prinkles the corpse with holy water.
II. lien has the Master OF the Chamber
uks of The "ring Of the Fisher" which
vill be broken in the first general Assem-.
BIZ Of cardinals. A notary Of the Cham.
kr re4d, a verbal process on his knees,
verifying the deceased and the deposition
Of The ring. The Cardinal then writes to
lhs SenAtOr Of Rome, notifying him oil
The death Of the POntif; he announces II
10 The city by the tolling Of the large bell
d The Capitol, which, according TO the
order Of the Cardinal Vicar, Is answered
By all the bells Of the basilicas and
churches.
The Senator OF Rome, Marquis Cava.
Ati, exists now only In the Vatican, and
he great bell is at the disposition OF a
little advocate named YenturI. He has
bot the title Of Syndic, like the most
humble iu~nctiOnary Of a village, and
year, a dress coat instead OF the scarlet
tNgA embroidered with gold, and a car
viii white pIumes.
The Cardinal Camerlingue having re-
tired, the Penitenciers Of st. Peter, who
are oil the order Of St. Francis, wash the
bOdy With periuued water. Ancient au'
lhOrs give some very curious details O
The washing aud embalming as it was
performed in Olden times. To-day it il
The principal Surgeon rArchiatro, who
hours after the death, as
by hi. colleagues, by the apothecary
81 the palace, and by the assistance u
he chamber, makes the opening in tht
body and embalms il. after taking oul
he intestines, that are also embHlmet
md sealed in an urn. which il carried tC
he Church OF s. s. Vincenzao Anastasis
the Pope died at the QuirinAl. Thil
whose facade was rebuilt by Ma
iriu, belongs to the parish Of the OUR
.uL. It is here that Princess Marguerite
sOes to hear mass on Sundayt, the Pope
It's said, having excluded the chapels ii
he royal palace, and threatened the pen
Of communication to any priest
Sbo should celebrate mass there.
When the process Of embalming ii
e,apIetel The Peuitenoiers reclOthe the
BODY in the ordinary dress-a white cloth
slsOck, a girdle Of white silk with golden
tlsels, scarlet shoes, surplice, amicel
satlet camauro, and stole.
The Penitneciers expose the body, thu.
dressed, upon a parade bed covered with
isolh Of purple and gold, and surmonnt'
n By 4 ~6aldachin; at the four corners
barn gigantic candles. The P%enitenoiers
pay, and the Swiss form the guard ur
10 The moment when the body Il carried
% The Siiine Chapel. Here the PeniIen'
GET, rlOthe the dead Pope in all the pom
tial garments oil scarlet as on occasion
q great ~solemuity; they put on his san.
di', b .gloves, the ring, the pdliun, and
lie golden inter.
The deceased Pope receives, up TO the
time the coffin /. closed, the homage o.
hoe Who pass before him. They knee
nj he were still living, but the soul has
iPPelrsd before is God, aud the account
Tie Pope has to render is grsyer and more
,s'ion, than that Of those TO whom liz
hlt been doctor and master.
The celebration OF the obsequies called
Norsndliles has been definitely arranged
10 the bull Of Plus TX, lnelIgende, ant
By Gregory XIV, in HE bull, Deceit Ro
Hinun POnuireno. Il begins the fourth
day alter the death Of the Pope, aud last,
nine dty The general character Is thus
1as large door aud the small door OF 81
fsisf'. are ornamenled with violet hang,
log, with gold fringe, surmounted By TIE
e'eaIeheons OF the deceased. The body /.
exposed in the middle OF the chapel Of
tas choir, upon a catatalque surrounded
.! lnnumetable candles, and guarded by
We Gatde Noble, with reversed swords,
The Htst day Of the Novendlale., the
cardinals BY invitation Of the Dean o.
zoe Sacred College, go to St. Peter's
Iaey wear tue cassoek and anlics Of yiolel
Without 4 mantle. Taking of the cappu
aAsna in the sacristy, they proceed one
y Que into the chapel. Alter them cont
W. PAIrlArChs, then the assisting Arch
Spaop' and Bishops to the throne, tht
.saf p%teIaies Of FiOchelti, the nOn.assist-
al Bishops, the Oriental Prslates, tht
auditor Of Rlte, the couSistorial adSo.
.taes tue Master Of the Sacred Palace
S.usheral aud Attorney General Of al
- religious orders, tinally, all. the &c.
Sei,'Ile' and Iaymen who have rank Ii
%; PaPAl Chapel.
10 catering, the choir all bent th,
we no. only before the altar, bnt TO th,
.saI and left before the Cardinals, be,
psu's, although yet unknown, the futut,
'SRe Is IN their mihst.
ne Ast day solemn masl Pro Pap
Ss.a0clo Ia celebrated by the Carolina
mn The Cardinal Bishops celebrate
SMe hVe following days, the Carolina
E'.'I' the last three days. The chantu
We chapel chant the mass Dies IIi
10 Ise Liberia, Costly distributions Q
-s,e wax are made to the people.
Po NE seventh day after mass the tiE
ssssaaeAl a%bsOlutions commence. Til,
SSnh.qas disappears aud Is replaced b
sllehef. nhhlsr rnnn-.a .ls