The sun., 1893-01-22
ARCHBISHOP SAT0LLI,
,posJoLrC DELEGATE TO THE UNITED
STATES.

"our venerable brother. Francis. titular
.,,hhisbop Of Lepanto." is the stately title by
,rhicb ropo Leo XIII. in his recent autograph
,.,,sr 70 tho officials Of the Catholic University
-, Washington, refers to his chosen delegate
70 tho United states. Mgr SatollL
NV perugian Boy" Is the more familiar
- .nndea.ing term by which. II Is said. the
Sororat.d father OF the Catholic Church has
rtt.r been heard TO sneak In private life OF his
former pupil and prottge in the forty yenrs or
moro during which he has constantly watched
his career with friendly interest.
There is probably no man living who is
e,osor TO tho head OF the Catholic Church than
MGR. Satoli who has enjoyed moro unro-
.,raincd intimacy with him. or who has par-
ticipated to Il greater extent in the broad.
progressive rolicios OF Leo NH. in politics.
nhilosophy. and religion. He has now been
sppointsd the frat apostolic delegate TO
r,present the Pope's views In Church matters
In ,he United States. II. therefore. lecomes
q, interest and i'm portance to learn what man
ner Of man Mgr. Satolliis
Francis satoli was born In Ferugia. Italy
about flfty-two years ago. OF honorable parent
age. In that quaint ecclesiastical city. whose
university dates back to the beginning OF the
fourteenth century. his boyhood was passed
amid associations which might naturally have
his own natural gifts and predictions had
not irresistiby impelled him In that direction.
He was educated in tho diocesan seminary OF
perucia, then tho most eminent ecclesiastical
school In Italy. over which presided Joachim
Pecci. Archbishop OF Perugia. destined some
yenrs later to be called to the chair
of St Peters as Pope Leo XIII. The ear
nest. liberal minded Archbishop OF PeruRia.
filled with far-rcachinG projects of Welding
tocethe. tho philosophical teaching OF the
age Of St Thomas Aquinas. embodying the
best thoughts OF raCnnism and Christianity
theories OF Aristotle and I!ato and the doc
trines OF tho Gospels and OF st. Augustine
and OF adapting them to the treatment OF the
social questions OF the day. and OF the great
democratic movement which formed at once
the danger and the aspiration OF the age. found
in his favorite scholar an apt and enthusiastic
follower. Satolli, even as boy, displayed
gifts OF oratory OF the highest order. both in
his native Italian tongue and In the classical
l,a,inity Of tho Ciceronian period. and to these
accomplishments he added great powers Of
original thought and marked facility as a
writer.
1t is scarcely to be wondered at. therefore.
that when. on the death OF Pho Mono. Arch
bishop Pecci was elected to fill the Papal
chair. he took an early opportunity OF sum-
moning his gifted pupil to Home. where he be-
came one OF the Popes chief helpers in the
restoration OF philosophical and theological
studies. To him wore intrusted the most i'm
portant professorships in the most famous
school in the Eternal City. tho Propaganda
and the Roman Seminary. 1t is stated that in
all the broad domains OF tho Church there Is
hardly diocese now where there are not Mt
least one or moro students who drew instruc-
tions In theology from Mgr. Satol!t
markaSe Is character m % known sSSn as tho 'Academy
OF the Noble Ecclesiastics." in which young
clereymen Of birth. fortune, and talents are
Of Church administration. They nre especially
and social questions which Leo LII. has made
30 prominent In his encyclicals: 1t was to the
Presidency Of this importnnt institution. re.
curing the utmost versatility OF powers and
practical that the Pope: some few years ,1 aEO.
in the mean time. had been created tituIar
Archbishop OF Lepanto. Here. again. he
During all this reriod of activity and promi.
nence as o teacher in the schools he had been
aGs a@ons his ses enowa
Volumes. a Commentary on the SUNNI" Of St.
in Ss 6e
OF systems and Essential Defects OF Modern
Theology and numerous b.G Gher ht t9nes ~
as model to others In Especial commendatory
brief dated June -. 1885 The pen which
thus won lnurels in the field Of THEOLOGY and
domain OF practical politics. He is the author
OF several notable treatises on Concordats. and
early ca iye centuries en' Of chTistiSnity.,
Mgr Satolli has been especially In sympathy
hag1 cd Al IN n "a Is IL
ence on the side Of peace ION tie lines OF truth
and Iusticeh which has always counselled
ths rights .! iator. and has caused h m to
give his unhesitatins approval to the demo-
hs 81 ter @ and
notes ci Leo's policy. and have been the
programme OF his Pontincate. down to the
eIerGy aH and people when tie tate Of the frenc il
republic seemed TO hang tremb ling Ia the bal :
enre. Satolll Was an earnest advocate Of that
hold and LIBERAL policy which threw the vast
weight Of the Papal influence. after the disas.
ter at Sedan; in favor OF the continuation Of
which preserved the republic against the
Vaccinations; OF the l.egltlmists. the Gona-
+ss npd viii; thsr ns eHsms Sspnnr HIS enden
cies oi the p"pe's mind is, further mani
tested in the liberation Of The anti,n9verttyy Y
more so in the hearty acreptenc" and advo-
cacy OF the so-caled Faritault plan cham
goned by Archbishop Ireland ami Cardinal
Gituons. of harmonizing the relations OF
Church and State on the pubic schoO. uues-
tion In the United States. 1t is, perhaps not
without Significance that on his return to the
United StAtee as permanent resident Mgr.
Satulii selected for hi! first public appearance.
IN the CO ebration OF high mass. the Church OF
p St. Augustine. in Washington. an edince main
tanned almost exclusively by Catholics OF the
coloTed ia"e:
deputed by the Pope to represent him at Bal
timore on tho occasion OF the celebration In
baltimore OF the centenary %! the Catholic
hierarchy in the United States and also n,
ths inauguration of the Catholic University oi
the United States in Washington City. It wa'
on these occasions that he made the ucquaint
nnrs Of Archbishop ireland. Tor whom he ac
CURED strong feelings of admiration and re
gard. which were 'lespened by Mgr Ire
lands sulls seguent visit TO Rome to lay be
fore tho Pope the details of the faiibaul
rlan. Satolli was presented to the fresiden
AMI Cabinet. and Decame greatly impresse'
with the vast possibilities Tor the advance
ment OF the Church in the United states Ihi
visit. and the accounts he Carried hack to tn
Por-. formed tho prelude to his designation
as Apostolic Delegate o the United States. J
i Obvious that th-.e has teeh nothing acci
dental in the progress OF recent events. Al
were del beiately thought out nnd planned be