St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-01-01
POPE LEO XIII.

of his beloved country. On the con-
trary, the holy father opens his arms
wide to that much beloved country, and
appeals to 1t to come to an understand
ing with the church. His greatest de-
sire in life is that the Italian govern
ment should seek to bring about re-
Cancellation between church and state.
1t would not be difficult to accomplish
thi Hng!d i qn1y %afer the Fo latter neo we're ere
pressed himself more definitely on the
nature of basis of settlement.
lie distinctly abandons the claims of
the papacy for a restitution of his
former possessions, but asks that the
holy see be freed from the viciSsitudes
that attach to all temporal powers. He
contents himself with demanding a Ger
tain kind OF restricted sovereignty over
portion Of Rome. that is, tie part
across the Tiber on which the Vatican
and st. Peters stands, which would be
territorial independence or principal
ity, something like Monaco and San
MarinO, but with the part of territory
extending as far as Civitia Vecchia,
which would allow of the reception OF
embassies on papal territory. Pope Leo
KILL, whose priestly jubilee is now be-
ing celebrated in Rome, was born March
2, 1910, at Carpinetti, in the
DIOCESE OF ANAGNI.
1t is populOus little town of 5000 in
habitants, situated in a cleft of the
MOnti Lepini-''an eagles nest,' as
Cardinal Joseph Pecci described it.
placed for security high above the plain
between two gigantic rocks" His name
is Joachim Vincent Raphael Louis
Pecci. His family were of noble Sien-
nese stock, celebreted for their poetry
as well as their courage. Many of the
PecciS became celebrated in their day.
Ferdinand Pecci was renowned law
yer in the p0ntificate OF Benedict XIV.
John Baptist Pecci, vicar general of
Anagni, afterWard bishop Of Segni Out
death prevented him taking possession
or his sce), and Mgr. Joseph Pecci had
so great reputation in the
Roman courts that Plus VI. intrusted
Breschi family, then involved in mul-
titude of suits. Afterwards he gained
still higher honors under Pope Plus VII.
Count Dominica Ludovico Pecci.
Count Ludovico, as he was styled, be-
came soldier, being pressed into the
service of Napoleon. He married Anna
Prosperi-Bugi, the daughter of a noble
house of the ancient VOlscian city of
Cora, not far distant from Carpinette.
1t was their fourth son who now Occu-
pies the throne of ST. Peter. The old
palace where Joachim was born still
stands in the little town of Carpinetto,
and is visited yearly 10y many pilgrims.
Some facts of the present
POPE'S EARLY LIFE
will be of interest to-day. We will Gull
them from DR.. Bernard O'Reiily's work
on The Life of Leo Kill, which he
wrote with the encouragement and ap-
probation Of the pope, who supplied
him with authentic records in manu-
script relating to his early life. After
his mothers death, being then only
eight years old, he was sent with his
brother to school at the Jesuit college at
Viterbo, and here it was he first showed
his intellectual talents, especially in
the study of Latin and Greek classics
In 1925 the famous Roman College of
JesuitS was restored, and Joachim
Pecci was sent there to complete
his studies. There he won the
first prize for excellence in prose COM
position, and was allowed the honor of
delivering the class oration at the close,
of the year, his subject being: Pagan
Rome as Compared with Christian
Rome" AT this period he was only
fourteen years of age. The same year
he was awarded the first honors in
NlCNh OfNl tllC WtlO!S OCIOOi. OJfS OI
his schoOlmates in ViterbO and Rome
wrote of these days Immediately after
his election: Il can bear witness to the
fact that while yet at Viterbo he won
admiration, not only by his quick intel
ligence but by the
SINGULAR PURITY
of his life. All through his studies in
Rome he never sought social gatherings,
cOnverSaziones, diversions, or games.
His work table was his world: it was
paradise to him to be plunged in the
study of science. From his twelfth AMI
thirteenth year upward he wrote Latin
prose and verse with facility and ele-
gance that were wonderful in one so
young. In 1880 he was matriculated
among the theological or divinity stu
dents of the Gregorian university, his
Alma Mater. In 1882 he won and re-
ceived his degree of doctcr in theology,
the highest and most important academ-
ical distinction conferred by the