Evening star., 1897-05-27
ZACCARIA CANONIZED
Impressive Religious Pomp and Cere-
mony Attending the Event.
CHURCH DIGNIfARIES PRESENT
St. Peters Historic Church AbIaze
With Light and Decorations.
GREAT CROWD ATTENDS

| ROME, May 27-The canonization today
| Of the Blessed Zaccaria, founder of the
Order of Barnabites, and of tine Blessed
Fourier De Mataincour, surnamed the
| Apostle of Lorraine, was the most impress
sive ceremony witnessed at st. Peters
since the abolition of the temporal power
| of the popes, the only difference in this
mornings ceremonial and those which &C.
CURED under the sovereignty Of the popes
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. Accord
| ing to estimates 10000 persons were PRES
ent. The approaches to the church were
lined by Italian troops Inside the build
| ing were the pontifical gendarmes and the
Swiss pontifical guards. Young men be-
| longing to the different Catholic societies,
| under the direction of the pontifical cham
berlains, acted as ushers.
Crowds Began Coming Early.
From as early as o'clock in the morn
| ing stream of carriages and pedestrians
set in toward the Basilica, and by o'clock
st. Peters was crowded. Its interior was
aglow with the lights of thousands of
candles, which a force of 800 lay brothers
&C mmenced lighting at the apsol, where
the pontifical throne, surmounted by an
immense picture of the Holy Trinity, was
surrounded by banners, depicting the mir
acles wrought by the Blessed Zaccaria and
the Blessed Fourier. Soon after = o'clock
the strains of the Ave Maria heralded
the approach Of the inaugural procession
from the Sistine Chapel 1t vas headed
by representatives of the Mendicant and
Monastic orders and was typical of the
entire ecclesiastical orders, from the sta
| dents to the prelates, patriarchs and car
dinals, eliminating in the venerable fglre
OF. the supreme pontiff. Leo XIII, borne on
the Soda gestatoria, attended by he bear
ers of the traditional fiabeli. 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 pontifi-
cal noble guard had presented arms, his
holiness proceeded to the apse and seated
himself upon the throne, on the steps OF
which were grouped twelve assistant arch
bishops and bishops.
Obeisance to the Pope.
The assembled dignitaries Of the church
made the customary obeisance to the pom
tiff, the cardinals kissing his hand and re-
ceiving 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
apEe were occupied by the princes and
patricians of Rome, the Knights af Malta
and the members of the diplomatic corps.
The ceremony of canoniZation followed.
II was divided into three parts, namely,
the request of the pope to grant the canon
ization, the proclamation canonizing the
blessed Zaccaria and the blessed Four
ier and the pontifical mass.
iy,al A1niS No -al1a
of the congregation of sacred rites, the ad-
vccateS of the cause of canoniZng, for
nially demanded that the blessed Zaccaria
and the Blessed Fourier be inscribed on
the roll of saints, making the demand
thrice, instaEter, instantius and instantis-
simo.
After the first request the pope intoned
the litany of the saints. After the second
request his holiness intoDed the "vini Gre
ator.' After the third request his holiness
wearing the mitre of doctor of the church.
proclaimed the new saints. The pope then
authorized the official act of proclamati ton
and afterward intoned the "te deum," in
which the entire congregation joined. At
the same time the bells OF the Vatican and
OF the Basilica pealed and they set ringing
the bells OF all churches in Rome.
Mass Celebrnted After CanonixatiOn.
The canonlzation being completed, Cardi-
nal Luigi Orogli Di Santo Stefano dean of
the Sacred College and Camerlenso of the
Holy Roman Church, celebrated mass. The
offertory followed, at which special gifts,
emblematic OF the canonization, We're pre-
sented to the pope They included five col
ored, decorated candles. two loaves OF bread
emblazoned with the arms of Leo XIII in
gold and silver, two casks, one gilded and
containing wine and the other silvered and
containing water, and three cages. In the
first cage were turtle doves, in the second
were rock doves and in the third were
smaller birds, all symbolical of the virtues
OF the blessed Zacca and the blessed
Fourier. whose names had just been in
stribed upon the hagiological calendar
The music of the mass was chanted by
the choir of the Sistine Chapel, and at the
moment of the elevation, the famous silver
trumpets played a prelude to a chorus by
several hundred children stationed in the
gallery of the dome. The effect of the
childish voices descending from the great
height was very beautiful.
After mass the procession returned to the
vatican In the same order as it came, and
subsequently the great gates of ST. Peters
were opened in order to permit the general
public to view the decorations.