The herald., 1896-01-06

he was to rest during the greater part o
the ceremonies. That af Cardinal GibDon
was on the gospel, or left side of the altar
that of Satolli up On the epistle, or righ
side The deacoas and assistant priests
were as follows:
Assistant priest TO Cardinal Gibbons
Rev. DIR A. l.. Magnien, superior of 1T
Mary's Seminary: deacons of honor tc
,ard nal bbons, Rev. Dir. William O'br er
! Pardow, d ovncial of The Jesuits, and Rev
Dr. w. IA. O'Connell, rector of the Ameri
can college at Rome Assistant priest to
| Cardinal Satolli, Rev. Dr. Kennedy oi
! Philadelphia: deacons of honor to- Cardinal
Satolli, hev. Edward j. Nc iolick of St
Cecilia's church. Brooklyn, n. v, and Rev
Hanna of St Bernard's seminary, hoches
ter, \. Y. Deacon of the mass, Rev. Nj. j.
| kordau of St. Mary's iurch. Barnesville,
! Md; sub-deacon OF the mass, Rev. George
DoueherIy of ST. Aueus,ine's church,
| Washington. With the exception OF Drs.
Magnien and Pardow, all of those serving
| III the mass were students of Cardinal
Satolli. when he gave Instructions in dog
matte theolog al the propaganda IN Rome.
| When the two persons most prominent
| in he ceremonies of the day had taken
! their places, arquis Sacripanti, clad IN
the scarlet, gold and whi e uniform of the
noble guard, wearing high top boots and
sword and helmet on, advanced from his
! post near the center of the altar and de-
! posted OH a table at the left hand of
! Cardinal Gibbons the ctrdinalate docu-
ments and the beretta. Then he crossed
! the altar and stood in front of the throne
occupied by Satolli, lifted his helmet and
| falling back took up position on the
| right of Satoili. On the same side stood
| Eugene Kelly of New York, and on the op-
| posite stood Charles Astor Bristead, also
of New York, chamber, aims to the pope.
Both were clad in the regulation black
clio h swalow-tall coat and the low cut
vest of evening dress. As soon as all the
principal actors in the spectacle has as
suned their position, DR.. Rocker. of the
university at Washington, advanced and
in Latin read the following document to
Satolli from the pope:
"Our beloved son, health and apostolic
benediction. Although unworthy, being
constituted by divine mercy in the sub
limiy of the apostolic see, and by virtue OF
our office, having care of the welfare of
the Catholic church, among our chief so
ciudes ia that the college of our vensr-
able brothers, the cardinal of the holy
Roman church, should be kept brilliant by
most distinguished men, as the dignity of
that most splendid order demands. For
this reason we have determ ned inscribe
you in their number; for your great piety,
your zeal for the Catholic faith, your pru-
dence and most admirable qualities and
gifts of mind lead us to hope your ministry
will be of great use and benefit to the
church of God. To you. therefore, created
by us cardinal of the holy
Roman church, we send one of
, the insignia of this sublime dignity
the red beretta-by our beloved son,
Donatus Sbaretti, one of our private cham
berlains. in order that when it shall have
been conferred upon you. you may under
stand by the mark of brilliant purple that
you, having been raised to the cardinalate
dignity, must ever stand fearless and in
vincble against all dangers for the church
of God, even TO the shedding of your blood,
precious in the sight of the Lord. We SIM
cerely hope hat you will receive kindly
and treat with all consideration the person
whom we send to you, both because of the
mission he is fulfilling and for our sake
We desire, however, that before you re-
ceive the berreta you should by all means
take the oath which will be presented to
you by the said Donatus Sbaretti. and re-
turn it, signed by your own hand, to Ills
either by the same or by some other per-
son.
Given at St. Peters, Rome, under the
seal of the Fisherman, on the 18th day of
November 1895, in the eighteenth year of
our ponriticate.
(Signed) &c CARD De RUGeIo."
He then crossed TO the throue occupied
by Cardinal Gibbons, handed him another
papal brief, which was read aloud by Ea-
lDeF MdgniSIl. IL is aS ItllOWS.
| "Our beloved son, health and apostolic
| benediction. Following IN the footsteps of
| our predecessors, the Roman pontlffs. we
| have always been desrous that the senate
| of cardinals should abound IN men whose
religion and virtue and brilliant gifts of
mind shoul correspond with the great
| splendor and dignity of that college. We
have, therefore, thought well to create a
cardinal of the holy Roman church our
| venerable brother, Francis Satolli, titu,ar
archbishop of LeDanto and delegate of the
| apostolic see to the republic of the United
| States of America, whose piety, devotion
| to the Roman see, zeal and industry in cul-
tivaIing the field of the Lord have been so
p .ainly manifest to us that we have deemed
him worthy of 80 Rreaf an honor.
"Now, however. since some one must be
chosen to confer the be eta, one of the in
sigma of his new dignity, we have deter
mined to commit that office to you, be-
| loved son, wherefore, by our apostolic
authority. by these presents we commit to
| you the office of coiferring our name on
our beloved son, Francis Sltoili, created
cardinal of the holy Roman church, the
red beretta, which we have sent him by
our beloved son, Douatus Sbaretti, one of
our private chamberlains, observing all
and singly the laws which are prescribed
! by the rites of the church, and We there.
/ fore concede and impart to you, by the
same apostolic authority and by these
presents, all the faculties which may be
| necessary or opportune with all apo .tolic
| constitutions and ordinances, even though
! they might need special and individual
mention and derogation 10 the contrary
notwithstanding.
..Given at ST. Peters, Rome. under the
seal of the Fisherman on the 30 day of
/ November. 1895, in the eighteenth year of
/ our pontitcate.
(Signed) sc. CARD. DE RUGGIo."
The reading of The papal briefs having
been finished, Mgr. Sbaretti advanced to a
point in front of Cardinal Gibbons throne
which the following is a translation:
''fhe honorable office which the Su-
preme Pontiff Leo XIII has deigned to
confer upon me, is most grateful and ac-
ceptable to me. because it is testimonial
! of pom iflcal consideration, because by me
ara being carried the insignia of so exalted
| a dignity to man to whom | have YER
| been bound by the ties of the greatest
Aeneration and respect and because it is.
as 1t were, the seal of supreme authority
upon all tina has been Accomplished
| The speaker then paid a high tribute to
| the character of Satoli and reviewed the
work accomplished by him since his COM
| ing to this country. In conclusion he
said:
"The honor which is bestowed upon The
most eminent Cardinal Satoli rebounds
on the universal church and especially
upon the church in America. 1t proves
! that the Catholic church, under that euuity
of laws with which this nation is blessed,
can freely assert its activity and bear rich
| fruit. Deservedy the supreme ponuff
highly esteems and dearly loves heir
young and valiant American people De-