The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1897-09-11
Cardinal Wiseman.

The name Of Cardinal Nicholas Pat
rick Wiseman, Archbishop of Westmin-
ster, England, is intimately associated
with the revival Of Catholcity in Eng
land, says writer in the Irish World.
TO him, in fact, is mainly due undcr
Providence, the extraordinary progress
which the ancient faith has of late made
and is still making in England among
the very classes whose ancestors led the
van in the great rebellion of the six
teenth century against authority and
religion. Yet Cardinal Wiseman was
not an Englishman. He was born in
Seville, Spain, Aug. 2, 1902, of Irish
parents. His father, Mr.. James Wise
man, who had settled for period in the
Spanish city for the purpose of carry
ing on better the trade in which he was
engaged was a native of Waterford; his
mother, Zaviera Strange, was the
daughter of Mr. Peter Strange, of Ayl.
wardstown Castle, Kilkenny. The in
vasion of the Spanish peninsula in 1908
compelled Mrs. Wiseman, her husband
son to Ireland, where she hoped to OBJ
tain for him at least primary Catholic
education. But the shadow of the penal
laws was still over that unfortunate
island, and she was doomed to disap-
pointment. After attending for some
time a school in Waterford, the future
cardinal was sent to st. Cuthberts Col
lege, Ushaw, England, then under the
charge Of the distinguished historian,
DR.. Lingard. Here the youth remained
eight years, a diligent student, particu-
larly devoted to classics and the pursuit
of antiquarian lore. When, in 1918, the
English college at Rome, which had
been desolate and almost unnnabitcd
for almost an entire generation, was
reopcned by Pope Plus VII, young
Wiscman and six fellow students were
sent to the Eternal City to form the
nucleus of it's new alumni, and for
| twenty-five years he remained con-
nectcd with it. first as pupil and after
ward as rector. In his new abode
young Wiscman soon attracted atten-
ton; and in his eighteenth year he pub
lished book of some learning. The
title was "Horac Syriacac," and the sub
jcct the languages of the East, study
in which he felt deep interest through
out his whole life. He could not be Or
dained till he was 90 years of age, blf
when he received his degree Of doctor.
He was ordained in 1925. Father Wise
man was intended primarily for the
| English mission. but the year after his
| ordination he was appointed vice-rcctor
of the college. and in 1927 was named
| professor of Oriental languages in the
Roman University in recognition Of his
marked proficiency in that branch of
learning. In that year, also. he received
n high mark of distinction from the
then pope. having been selected to
deliver series of Lenten SER
mons in the Church of Ge;u e Maria
| by untirlng industry and systematic
regulation of his time he was enabled
to perform all the duties of :hoso sew.
eral positions. In 1885 he published
some Of the fruits of his labors in the
famous series of Lectures on the Con.
notion Between Science and Revealed
Religion" In this same year he pale
a visit to England. and besides repeat
ing those lectures. delivered in the fol
lowing year another series on religious
topics. When in 1910. on account of tn.
rapid growth of Catholicity in England
it was resolved to increase the number
OF Wears apostolic from four to eight
DR.. Wiseman was nominated coadjuto