The record-union., 1897-05-28

Pope Leo.
ROME. May 27.-The canonization
to-day of the Blessed Zacc2rio. the
founder of the order of Barnabites. and
the Blessed Fourier De Mataincour.
surnamed Apostle Lorraine, was the
most impressive ceremony witnessed in
st. Peters since the abolition of the
temporal power of the Popes. the only
difference between the mornings cere-
monial and that which occurred under
the sovereignty of the Popes being that
| the external gates of st. Peters were
closed and tickets of admission TO the
Cathedral had to be obtained. The
/ huge basilica was thronged. 1t is es-
| timated that 10000 persons We're pres
ent.
The approaches to the church were
! lined by Italian troops. Inside the
building We're the Pontifical gendarmes
and the Swiss Pontifcal guards Young
men belonging to the different Catholic
SOCIETIES under the direction of the Pom
| tifical Chamberlains acted as ushers.
From as early as o'clock in the
morning a stream of carriages and Pc
destrians set in towards the basilica,
and by o'clock ST. Peters was crowd
ed. It's interior was aglow with the
| light of thousands Of candles. which a
force of 800 lay brothers commenced
lighting at the Apso, where the Pontifi-
cal throne, surmounted by an immense
picture of the holy trinity, was sur
rounded by banners depicting the mira
cles wrought by the Blessed Zaccario
and the Blessed Fourier.
Soon after 5 o'clock the strains of
g
inaugural procession from the Sstine
Chapel. 1t was headed by representa-
tives of the mendicant and monastic
orders and was typical of the entire
| ecclesiastical orders from the students
to the prelates, patriarchs and Cardi-
mails. eliminating in the venerable fig
ure of the Supreme Pontiff. Leo Kill,
borne on the Soda Gestatoria, attended
! by the bearers of the traditional Fla
beli. His holiness wore the pontifcal
tiara In his left hand he carried a
lighted candle. and with his right hand
he blessed the people while traversing
the nave. The procession halted at the
altar of the the Blessed Sacrament, to
permit of the Pope making alteration
Then after the pontifical noble guard
had presented arms, his holiness pro-
ceeded to the Apso and seated himself
upon the throne, on the steps of which
| were grouped twelve assistant Arch
bishops and Bishops.
| The assembled dignitaries of the
church made the customary obeisance
! to the Pontiff, the Cardinals kissing his
| hand and receiving the accolade, the
| Bishops kissing his hand and knee and
| the minor prelates kissing his feet. This
| ceremony completed the dignitaries of
| the church took their places in the
stalls The side seats of the Apso were
| occupied by the princes and patriarchs
| of Rome, the Knights of Malta and the
members of the diplomatic corps.
The ceremony of canonization fol-
| lowed 1t was divided into three parts,
| namely, the request of the Pope to
grant the canoniZation, the proclama-
| ton canonizing the Blessed Zaccario
and the Blessed Fourier, and the pom
| tificaI mass. Cardinal Gaettnao Aloisi
Maxeni. Prefect of the Congregation of
Sacred Rites, the advocate of the cause
| of canonizing, formally demanded that
! the Blessed ZaccariO and the Blessed
Fourier be inscribed on the roll Of
saints. making the demand thrice-in-
stanter, instantius and instantissimo.
| After the request the Pope intoned
the litany of the saints. After the sec
ond request his holiness, wearing the
! miter of doctor of the church, pro-
| claimed the news. The Pope then au-
thorized the official act of proclama-
| ton. and afterwards intoned the TIE
| Deun, in which the entire congregation
| joined. At the same time the bells OF
| the Vatican and the Basilica were
tolled and they set ringing the bells of
all churches in Rome
| The canonization being completed
| Cardinal Luigi Orogli Di Santo Stefano,
Dean of the Sacred Callege and Cam
| erengo of the Holy Roman Church, cell
| ebrated mass The offertory followed,
| at which special gifts, embematic of
the canonization, We're presented to the
Pope. They included five colored, dec
| grated candles. two loaves of bread
! embIazoned with the arms of Leo. XIII.
in gold and silver; two casks, one gilded
and containing wine, and the other
silver and containing water and three
| cages. In the first cage were turtle
doves. in the second were rock doves
and the third contained smaller birds.
all symbolic of the virtues of the Bles-
sed Zaccario and the Blessed Fourier,
whose names had just been inscribed
| on the Psychological calendar.
| The music was chanted by the choir
| of the Sistine chapel.and at the moment
| of the elevation, the famous silver
! trumpets played a. prelude to the cho-
rus by several hundred children sta
/ toned in the gallery of the dome THE
effect of the childish voices descending
| from the great hight was very beauti-
! full.
| After the mass the procession return
! ed to the Vatican in the same order as
| it came and subsequently the gates OF
| ST Peters We're opened to permit the
| general public to view the decorations.