The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-01-06

suggestion from this side of the Attain
tic. 1t is as follows:
ITO His Eminence, Cardinal. Bishop,
Archbishop of Baltimors: The extra
! ordinary splendor accompanying the
comforting of the beretta. upon Cardinal
Satolh. gratifies the holy father be-
yOnd measure, and he asks your, emf
nence to express his satisfaction Fur
tharmore, as a token of his deep appre-
citation, he empowers your eminence
to impart to all those present at the
ceremony the apostolic benediction.''
The cardinal pronounced the bene1ic-
ton and the ceremony was ended.
HOW 1T IS DONE.
All cardinals are appointed by the
pope. who, as "a rufe, announces such
appointments to a secret conslstorN of
the existing holders of that office. The
namlS are made public at the open
consistory next following. Their num-
Der is limited to seventy, and they
compose what rs known as the Sacred
College. Twenty-nine of the members
OF that body as at present const ituted
have been appointed by the reignfng
pont1ff. If the appointee is a resident
OF Rome he is invested With the red
hat, which is his badge of office, at the
conSiStoTy following the first announce
ment of his appointment. If ne re-
sides, or is stationed elsewhere, as is
the case of Cardinal Satolli. it is usual
~ the custom to send notice of his APP
pointment by a member of the noble
guard, who in most instances is ac-
cOmpanied by an ALLOCATE, usually a
member Of the popes household. The
member of the noble guard bears with
him letter from the pope notifying
the new cardinal of his appointment.
and the suchette and beretta, which is
to form part of the cardinals ward
robe. They are expected to proceed ON
their mission with all possible haste,
and as soon as practicable after the APP
pointment, the appointee is invested
with the zuchtitte, and presented with
the notice of his elevation. 1t then
becomes the duty Of the ALLOCATE to
publicly crown him with the beretta,
in accordance with the ritual of the
Roman Catholic church
In the case of Mgr. Satolli, the noble
guard, was the Marquis Sacripanti,
and the pope commissioned Cardinal
Gibbons to confer the beretta.
Mgr. Cesare Roucetti was the able
gate and Count Marefoschi the member
of tbs papal guard who came to this
Cardinal McCloskey. The baretta was
imposed by Archbishop Bayley, the
archbishop of Baltimore. The cerenlo-
ny was performed in old st. Patrick'S
cathedral, New York, on April %, 1875.
being preceded by a solemn pontiflcal
mass. celebrated by Bishop LoTghain of
Brooklyn
Although Cardinal McCloskey was
made a member of the college of car
dinals by Pope Plus TX, he received the
red hat from Leo XIII. He was sum-
monad to Rome at the death of Plus
TX, but did not reach there till after
the election of Leo, from whom he re-
ceiVed his hat and his title Of Santa
Maria Sopra Minerva
In the case of Cardinal Gibbons.
Mgr. Straniero and Count Nucciola
were the messengers from Rome.
Archbishop Peter B. Kenrick, of St
Louis, Mo-. imposed the beretta in the
cathedral here on June go. 1886, after
a mass celebrated by Archbishop Will
hams. of Boston. The cardinal after
with the red hat and the title Of Santa
Maria in Trastavere.
Within six months after his investi-
ture with the zuchette and beretta.
Cardinal SatolH will. in compliance
with his official oath. go to Rome to
visit the tombs Of the apostles. and
the ceremony. which makes him a. full
member of the sacred college. entitled
to vote for Leo's successor, then takes
place This is the most important and
interesting of all the ceremonies.
A cardinals wardrobe is a most
complicated affair He wears three
violet and old rose.
and he must have a complete outfit in
each of these colors. The different
coIors are prescribed for different sea-
sons of the ecclesiastical year. The
red is worn throughout the year. eX-
cept during the penitential season of
Lent and Advent. when the violet is
worn. except the third Sunday of Ad-
vent and except the fourth Sunday of
Lent when the old rose is substituted.
The violet is selected because of it's
association with mourning, and on the
particular Sundays on which the old
rose is used an occasion of rejoicing
for a day brigthtens the gloom of the
penitential season. The red is chosen
as the distinguishing color of a cardi-
nal. because his loyalty to the faith is
assumed to include willingness to shed
his blood for it.
The red hat is a peculiar feature Of
the wardrobe of a cardinal. 1t is oddly
shaped, the brim being six feet across.
The material is cardinal bevar. 1t is
round. and in striking contrast to the
immense flat brim is a small conical-
shaped crown. quite too small appar-
emily to fit anvbody's head. But that
is another queer feature of the red hat
It is not intended to fit anybodys
head The sole use to which it is nut
other than Symbolizing the distinction
of its reciLient at the time it is be-
slowed is to be hung in the cardinals
church after his death. Cardinal Nc
red hat is conspicuously sus-
pended near the high altarin ST Pat
rick's cathedral. New York