, 1881-01-23
CARDINAL HASSUN.

| RlruS OF prey soon dispose or 11S p0Qy.
- CARDINAL HASSUN.
THE WONDERFUL SPECTACLE OF A :DEARl
UNDER a EED HAT.
| The Catholic editor Of tho London Punch, MI
F. c. Burnand, was wroth with Edwin Booth TO
persopattns Cardinal RicheIieuwith q >mustach
and goatee. Pinch pronounced Booths rcndl
ton Of the Cardinal, We suppose solely on tina
account. RS much too Tankeened. But nor
there is ] Cardinal with beard, not goatec
but beard rivaltng that OF the old Barbarossu
the Kaiser, Frederick
The }0ce Of Rome has portrait, three-quar-
ters length, OF Antonio Hassun. d pair Of brigh
eyes look out ut US fiom beneath a skull-caI
which surmounts perpendicular and cltT-like
brow, with calm, steady, searching gaze; tht
l lace il almost covered by q beard Of snowy
| whitcness, which covers tho breast and appear
/ to scsccad to the waist. This man Is the newly.
created Cardinal OF the Roman Church, and 1t !!
| almost unnecessary to say that his hirsute mp.
| pendage will be m unwonted sight in the SD
cred College, where one !" bearded like the
pard is indeed rare bird upon the earth
| something like u black swan. The early Popes
in all probability, wore boards; and to this day
| SO TO some Of tho sacred orders; but beard Is
the execution, nottho zulo in the College of Car
| d1nats. Only one bearded Cardinal hus been
seen during the present century. The chief rca-
son for shaving rho faces Of nN priests is IN or
der tn avoid any ;lccllcnt inconsumtng the .cop-
sccratcd clements atthe mnss. Iii some Of the
| Oriental Churches in communion with Rome.
those priests and monks who wore boards used
| silver tube. which Is especially used with tho
| chnlice for that purpose.
The Focc. the nascrrdtorc, and some of tho
| other Italian and Eastern papers give some de-
! lached notes on tho life and labors OF tho new
Armenian Cardinal, which we wilt coilate and
e1nense It t,t would appear TINT the little
eleven years ago as the child Of Yncoub and
Teresa PnciacGian. He was born on the 10th of
n G Of Gonsah6n9p ta4 M
/, time they were suffering considerable persecn-
ton under Mahmond H., tic Sultan Of Turkey.
s M burng m his tine of ee tral mssan
developed those tr1,its Of tirnncss and devotion
10 Rome which ,hnvc distinguished him ever
nary, unde7 the special auspices Of Leo ,NII, Of
blessed memory. and ut the Urban College ofthe
PropaEanda ut Rome permanent record OF the
preserved. He left college in ls;}ss, when be was
ordained priest and sent on the Oriental Mission,
receiving tue title Of Niear- -General Of Gonstnn-
tfnopie. Ten years ufterward Gregory XVI. re-
called him TO Rome, where he was consecrated
archbishop Of Anazarh.;; b.. very ancient and
! ecclesiastical metropolis in the fifth century.
After three years, the P:imate Of Constanti-
nople h4ving die;1, he Mp7 nroposed for that dig
.cessOr OF Monsisrlor DcrasiuazCaurinn, Peter
VIII, assuming the name of Antonio Peter TX.
In 1sa9. Hossl'n was sent by tho Ottoman Gov
ernMeut to offer the congratuiau uons of tho Sui
tan to Fius IN, who was then II refugee Mt
'Gaeta, in tho two Siciites, but VAS preparing to
.Garibaitians lie brought with him on on thut vi % &C.
cassOn fcryent expressions of sympathy with
and devotion To- tho Pope. from the clergy and
special nar1ss Of favor King Ferdinand IT.,
Portici * 20 0"ee' ''''' <'' e>sD' 10 ''''@'
cherished ut Constantinople with much love and
reverence He built schools. churches. asylums
fort the poor, md foMnacd tho Armenian Sisters
bearing rhc tttcof the lmmpculntc Conception.
4 storyof his great humility and piety is told or
him. One day herecctve1i tclcsrsphIc t,ispatch
TINT q sacred .cditice, which had east him year
after year Of strenuous labor and self-dcninl to
erect ut m enormous expcl.se, hud hecn de-
s stroSed By fire. Holding: the dispatch in bis
esea M n MS sa as hse ahI and
let.'-tho Lord hath given. the Lo17l hath taken
awny,--and TINT was all he said OF the disaster
which dashed bis hopes to the ground.
The elevation, and tho cercmnl,ics attending
tho delivery Of the insignia gf his office to the
greAt Armenian, were Of the n,ust imposing
were full OF elaborate descriptions Of the ritual,
In order to do honor to tho Ottoman Nation and
It's illustrous representative, TUG form used in
Prince Of the blood royal. TeIeSrams from tho
Sublime Porte expressed THO satisfaction Of all
the Ministers in these slctnils and many Orient
The Sacred Congregation of Rites have made
several exceptions to the ordinary discipline of
the Cardinals. Hassun will retain his beard,
md he will also Wear the Verargon, lnr1,e
1nanic like tho Oriental isabcrdinc, which closes
before and flows majeStieally down the figure,
with large nild wide sleeves, covering the entire
nglre: he will wear choral dress tho Ar
III MAN Pilon, with train like Cardinals COPE
and. .Will use. the Armenian rite. In other re-
spccts he will conform to tho rules observed by
the other Cardinals Of the Roman Church.
Tho Pope game forth to uleet tho new Cardi- |
nal, surrounded by all the spIendor OF his Office
atntt, indeed, With ,unWoutcd grandeur, such US |
has not been witnessed In Home on such occsi-
sions since tho Italian occupation of tho Etcr-
1lal City. .1lc was carried ON the shoulders OF |
the officers Of his court in litter known az the
ccnia gest1tofia, in which be sits erect, deuliu.
out Ills. bcnedictiQn on the kueeiug faithful
crowdins tho stately corridors through which he |
pnsses to the A1La csftI or royal hall. On either
side Ut him were borno the NdbeIE, two elpr-
nous fans of white peacock's feathers These
l!1f1s arc only used OIL Very extraordinary occa-
slons, and give ILL appearance Of Oriental mag
to tho procession.
-Ihe ceremonies uf. .beStQHjnG the .toga red !
nat and beretia. tho speeches of the Pope and |
VI taa new Cardinal. took several hours. On !
tht' fol!pWug Saturday al dctttdc8.id l1l1;0{Qtta
" Haia hel! in honor Of lInssun, ut which congrut-
dlAuons were rendered him in every civilized |
lanEuaEe under tho sun. He is to remain AZ !
-acheu 10 the Roman court, so -Americans hav-
nv i curiosity that way will yet .hqve, IN oppor- !
lnhstv To- satisfyft BY beholding him, beard, rcd
lat. and all. [
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