The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1892-08-06
A BUTCHERS BOY
The Archbishop of Cologne Vino is
Preparing to Celebrate His
Golden Jubilee.
OTHER GERMAN PRELATES,
Who From Humble Origin Have
Risen to Einainence in the
Catholic Church.

Risen to E'ninence in the
Catholic Church.
A living and eminent exponent of the
d smocratic spirit which pervades the
Catholic Church and renders its
highest honors attainable by the hum
blest Of it's ecclssiastics, provided he
prove himself worthy of such, is Most
Rev. Philip Krsmentz, Archbishop of
Co,oZne, who is preparing to celebrate
the golden jubilee OF his sacerdotal or
dination, and who has worn the mitre
over twenty-five year, having been con-
secrated May 8, 1867. Archbishop Kre-
mentz is a native of Coblentz, on the
Rhine, where his father followed the
trade of butcher, and where one OF his
brothers, after his fathers death, pursued
the same avocation, while another dealt
in tho hides and horns of the cattle his
brother killed. From that humble orr
gin Philip Krementz has assembled to the
ancient archbishoprlc Of Cologne, dating
back over 1000 years, and whose incum-
bents, up to the beginning of the present
century, when the archbishopric was
shorn Of many Of it's former privileges,
were rulers, in civil sense, over vast
territories and ranked among the princes
and electors Of the realm. Even yet the
incumbent Of the archiepiscopal see is
styled the prince-archbishop, but his
temporal principally falls far short of
what it was when Cologne was free and
Independent city Had the Holy Father
been untrammelled IN his wishes OF late
years, Monsignor Krementz would now
occupy higher position than the emf
nent one he occupies, for it has been as
serted, with apparent authority, that
Leo XIII. was DESTROYS of bestowing the
red hat upon him in one of his late Gen.
sistories, but was deferred from SO doing
by the persistency with which the court
OF Berlin asked cardinalitial honors for
Bishop Kopp of Breslau. Archbishop
Krementz is the second Prussian prelate
to observe this year the golden jubilee of
his priesthood, SINGS Bishop Senestry of
the Bavarian diocese of Ratisbon kept a
similar anniversary to the one DR.. Krem-
entz is preparing to celebrate on March
10, though it was at Rome, not in his
episcopal city, that the venerable pre}ate
kept his jubilee. Few prelates, if, in
deed, any, in the whole Christian world
have finer cathedral wherein to hold
! public ceremonies than the Archbishop
Of Cologne, whose approaching jubilee
will undoubtedly be celebrated in the
magnificent minister of his metropolitan
city. The first cathedral was begun
about 819, shortly after the erection Of
the see, by Archbishop Hildebold; but
! this edifice was destroyed by fire some
centuries later. Another church was at
once built, only TO share the fate of it's
predecessor in 1913, and then the present
structure was begun by the then incum-
bent of the see, Most Rev. Conrad Won
Hcesteden, who laid the corner stone
Aug. Ii Of the year last mentioned. The
architect of the building is believed to
have been Gerhard Won Bile, concerning
| whom an old tradition relates that,
having completed the choir and per-
fected his plans for the nave and tran
septs, he was unable to satisfactorily de
sign the west front of the minister. While
he was morosely meditating over his
plans, none of which we're to his liking,
Satan, who, as the legend states, some
times showed himself an accommodating
person to individuals in difficulties, pro-
! vided they accepted his conditions, pre-
sented himself to Won Rile and offered
TO plan the front if the architect would
pawn his soul for his designs. Won Rile
assented, and the plans were forthcom-
ing; but the architect soon repented OF
his bargain, and, believing the best way
20 escape from it was to repent and re-
pudiate the engagement, he did so. This
action on his part so enraged the old boy
that he hurled huge stone at the cathe-
dral, but missed his aim, the stone going
into the Rhine, where it was pointed out
| to credulous people for many years after
wards. Fooled in bis design, Satan pre-.
dicted that the cathedral would never be
completed, and for long while it looked
as if that prophecy was to stand good
Just half century ago, however, the
task of completing the Dom, as the
church is called. was undertaken in earn
est, and the finishing touches were put
on it Aug. IA, 1880, the 632d anniversary
of the day whereon the corner stone was
laid by Archbishop Won Hoesteden.
! AS will be readily believed, the cost OF
building this cathedral during the six
centuries that we're required for its cree
ton was enormous. It has been esti-
mated that no less than $4,000, 900 has
been expended from first to last on The
h,,ildino of which sim 81 5OOOOO we're