Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1897-05-31
TWO SAINTS CREATED.
Canonization at Rome of the
Blessed Fourier and Antonio
Maria Zaccaria.

| Maria ZaCCaria.
Rome. May 27-Two new saints were
canonized publicly by the Pope today,
with ali the ancient splendor in the ba
silica of ST. Peters The last public GER
emory Of the kind was in 1867 before
| Rome had fallen into the hands of the
| Italians. All concentrations since that
time, by Plus X. and Leo XIII. have
taken place privately in the Vatican pal
ace. 1t was intended to illumine the
dome and cupola of ST. Peters, which has
not been done since 1870, but Pope Leo,
after much hesitation, decided against it.
Huge Basilica was Thronged.
1t was the most impressive ceremony
| witnessed at St Peters since the aboli-
| ton of the temporal power of the pope,
the only difference in this mornings GER
emonial and those which occurred under
! the sovereignty of the Pope being that
the external gates of st. Peters were
closed and that tickets Of admission to
| the cathedral had to be obtained The
huge Basilica was thronged. According
! to estimates 10000 persons were pres
ent. The approaches to the church were
nned by italian troops. Inside the build
ing were the pontifcal gendarmes and
| the Swiss pontifical guards. Young men
belonging to the different Catholic socie-
ties, under the direction of the pontifcal
|
st. Peters interior was aglow with the
light Of thousands of candles which a
force of 300 lay brothers commenced
lighting at the apse, where the pontifical
throne, surmounted by an immense
picture of the Holy Trinity, was sur
rounded by banners depicting the mira
cles wrought by the blessed Zaccaria and
| the Blessed Fourier.
Soon after s o'clock the strains Of
ave Maria heralded the approach of
the inaugural procession from the Sistine
chapel. 1t was headed by representatives
of the mendicant and monastic orders
and was typical of the entire ecclesiasti-
| cal ORDERS from the students to the
| prelates. patriarchs and cardinals, cul-
minating in the venerable figure Of the
| supreme pontiff, Leo XIII. borne on the
Soda gostator attended by the bearers
/ of the traditional fabelli. His holiness
| wore the pontifical 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 blessed sacrament to permit of the
| Pope making alteration. Then, after the
| POntitical guard had presented arms, his
Holiness proceeded to the apse and seat
ed himself upon the throne on the steps
| of which were grouped twelve assistant
| archbiShopS 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 apse were occupied
by the princes and patricians of Rome,
| the knights of Malta and the members
of the diplomatic corps. The ceremony
Of canonization followed.
| The Ceremony of Canonization.
The ceremony of canonization is but
the elimination of series of researches,
| processes and ceremonies which drag
| through decades and sometimes centuries
! Father Fourier was beatified January
| %, 1870 From this fact the length of
| time elapsing between the first ceremony
and the last, which was held today may
| be understood.
| Before proceeding to canonization it
must be proved that at least two miracles
have been wrought through the interces-
| sion of the blessed" person since the
with the same formalties and surround
ed by the same rigorous conditions, as in
| the miracles proved before beatifca sion
| After it has been established the three
congregations (of which the last is public
| and in the presence of the Pope which
/ were requisite before Qualification ere
| again convened; and upon the direction Of
the Pope, after the last congrega ton, the
| promoter of the faith and the secretary
| Of the Congregation of Rites agree to
| a form of decree, declaring that no doubt
exists relative to the miracles in question,
and that there is no reason why the can
| onization should not be proceeded with.
After various ceremonies the postulator
| of the cause (who is usually a person of
| high rank or distinction in the country or
order to which the saint belonged) asks
| twice that the name of the servant of
God whose cause he pleads, may be en-
| rolled in the catalogues of the saints, the
| Pope replies each time that it is best to
explore the will of God still further by
prayers, litanies. and the ''Veni Creator
are chanted; at the third request the Pope
| declares and ordains sin honor OF the
Holy Trinity, for the glory of the Catho-
| lie faith and the progress OF the Chrlstlan
religion, and in virtue Of the authority
of our Lord Jesus Christ, of the Holy
Apostles Peter and Paul, and of his own
plenary and proper authority, that the
servant of God in question shall be IN
scribed on the register Of the saints
C'Canon Sanctorium'D and that his Tor
herr memory snail be celebrated on a
given day in every part Of the church.
solemn mass, in which the Pope himself,
unless disqualified by illness or OLD age,
officiates is then celebrated in honor OF
! the new saint.
Men Whose Memory is Honered.
The two saints to whose memory such
honor has been given are Peter Fourier
de Matiancourt and Antonio Maria FAC
caria The former, known under the
name of Fourier (the Blessed Peter, was
a religious reformer and was born at
Mire, Lorraine, November 30, 1865 He
died at Gray December 8, 1910. He
studied rhetoric at Port-a- Mousson, under
Pere Bannin and philosophy under Pere
Sermond He gave himself up, after com
plotting his studies, to the greatest piety
and entered the abbey OF regular canons
of Port-a- Mousson when but 20 years of
age Later he was elected cure of Ma
tiancourt. He reorganized the Regular
Canons of the Order Of Sauveur of Tou-
raine, and established the Order of Nuns
of Notre Dame, whose duty was to edu-
cate young girls, their institution being
approved by the bulls of Pope Paul v,
dating from February l. 1915, to Octo-
Der 6, 1916 Father Fourier retired to
Gray during the Lorraine wars, and died
there in the odor of sanctity. He was
beatifed in Rome on January 20, 1870.