The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1899-11-11
THE FAMILY OF THE PEccIs.

The historical, biographical and
genealogical review Of the illustrious
family of Pecci, to which His Holiness
Pope Leo XIII. belongs, is of entertain
ing interest.
This ancient and illustrious family,
| from the CASTILLO di Procena in
Tuscany. of which it possessed the
| lordship. between the thirteenth and
| fourteenth centuries came to dwell in
Siena- There it was regarded as one
of the most prominent families, and
was inscribed in the Ordine del Move.
The Peccis had for some time the privi-
lege of granting the diploma of notary
/ ship Fra Giovanni Pecci. Cavalier
of st. John of Jerusalem and Protono-
tary Apostolic, was Bishop of Grosseto
in the beginning of the fifteenth cen
fury, and is buried in the cathedral of
Duomo of Siena. A most beautiful
monument in bronze, the work of
Donateno, bearing his effigy in relief
and the family arms, marks his last
resting place. Bartholomew Pecci was
one of the citizens of Siena who sub
scribed to the Capitol della Signoria
on the city. Giacomo di Marco Pecci,
a gentleman of wealth and position,
offered hospitality to the Sovereign
Pontiff Martin V, and to all the men,
bers of his court. He further lent
to the Pontiff $1,000 forms, and re-
ceived in pledge the Rocca, or Castle
of LpoletO. Pietro Pecci lector of civil
and canon law in the university, as
sisted in Rome as ambassador of Siena
at the coronation of the Emperor Sigis-
mund and accompanied him to Terrara,
where he received the title of Count
Palatine and Baron; and in 1888 he
was sent by the Sienese to pay homage
in their name to the Pontiff Paul Ill,
when he was residing at Mount
Olivete.
Desinerio Pecci was jurisconsult and
professor at the university of Pecci
The poetess Onooata Pecci acquired
great fame in the fifteenth century as
being exceedingly well versed in litera-
ture; two of her sonnets on religious
subjects may be read in the collection
edited at Naples by Bullion, in 1863
Giooanni Antonio Pecci born December
Il, 1898, died March 3, 176S, was cavalier
Of Santo Stefano, and most learned
especially in Tuscan antiquities. He
published several works. The Able
Giuseppe. his brother, born in 1903,
died in 1741, was very learned in civil
law and in Greek literature, and left
several works. Giuseppe Bernardino
Pecci, nephew of the above, born in
Siena, 1924, of the .Guileton Order, was
made Bishop 1774, and suffragan of |
Montalcino.
Another Pecci founded in 1877 the
Order of Hermits of st. Jerome, in |
Spain, and received the honor of the |
affairs. Towards the end of the fifteenth /
century, one of the family of Pecci !
went to reside in the Pontifical states
at Carpineto Romano. Here the
branch from which the present Pontiff
descends took up its residence, and its
descendants still remain there.
The first to establish his residence in
Carpineto was PasquaIe Pecci. born
1882, died 1868. The father of the
present Pontiff, Domenico Ludovico
Pecci, was born June ., 176S He was
an upright, prudent and valorous
soldier who deservedly received the
title Of colonel in the imperial army of
Napoleon L. He married Anna Pros
peri Buzzi, of Corr. She was very kind
to the poor and a lady of great piety.
She fulfilled the duties of mother, and
at her death, which took place August
J, 1924, she was mourned by all. A
monument is erected to her memory
n the Church of the Slimmate at
Rome. Domenico Ludovico died
March, 1888. OF this union was born
he Sovereign Pontiff Leo XIII. Don
Giuseppe, brother of the Pontiff, was
BORN on the 10Th of December. 1907: he
became member of the Society of
Tesus, but during the events of 1S4S
lie withdrew from that community, re-
naming a. secular priest and a learned
professor of philosophy. Ferdinand,
mother brother Of His Holiness, was
Dorn 18th of January, 1916. He entered
he Roman Seminary. but was seized /
With illness and died at the age of {
ourteen. j