New-York tribune., 1900-01-07
CARDINAL GOTTl.
THE DISTINGUISHED CARMELITE FA-
VORED FOR THE PAPACY BY
LEO XIII.

It by no means follows that because Leo XIII
has designated Cardinal Gctti as his successor
to the Papacy the latter will fill the chair
of St Peter at the death of the pres
ent occupant In fact, the history OF the
Papacy shows that attempts Of this KIND on
the part OF Pontiffs to influence the vote OF the
conclave that follows their death have as
rule failed This is largely due to the fact that
toward the close of any pOntihcate. especlahy
when it has been one of such length as that OF
Leo Kill there is always tendency on the
part of the majority of the College OF Cardinals
to oppose the policy Of the Pope. Just at the
present moment the opposition to the views and
intentions of the present Pope is pronounced
and it was with the object of showing that he
was aware of the spirit of hostility existing
against him in the Senate of the Church that
His Holiness took the extraordinary step rev
weeks ago of dismissiEg the popular Cardinal
Parocchi from his post of Vicar General
Yet if there is any credence to be attached to
the prophecies made by the Irish Archbishop
St Malachy eight hundred years ago, predic-
tiOns which may be said to have been fulhiied
in the case of every other POntin VINO mas
occupied the chair of st. Peter since that time
Cardinal Cotti is assuredly destined to be the
next Pope. st. Malachy did not. of course.
predict the names Of the various Pontiffs but a
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the present century alone. st. Malachy proph-
esied the motto "Peregrinus ApOstolicus"
(Apostolic Pilgrim) for the first of the number.
namely, Plus vi, whose exile and wanderings
are well recalled and who died a prisoner Of
France at Dijon.
The motto predicted for the next Pope was
"Aquila Rapax'' Qapacious EagIe). and Plus
VII not only had a black eagle on his family
coat of arms, but likewise had much to suffer
from Emperor Napoleon who instituted the
eagle as the emblem of Imperial France. An
other motto was that of DE Balneis Etruriae"
CfrOm the baths of Tuscany. This was applied
to Pope Gregory XVI who Tuscan. For
his successor st. Malachy prOphesied "Crux
de Cruce" Gross from the Cross, and there is
no POntif in modern ages who has been called
upon to face much disaster Plus TX, who.
after suffering exile and many msfortunes. was
finally deprived of the possession of the Eternal
City and of his temporal sovereignty. 'Lumen
de CelO" was predicted by St Malachy for
his successor. Now. this is the family motto and
part of the armOraI bearings Of the Counts of
Pecci of whom Leo XIII is the most eminent.
St Malachy gives the motto of "Ignis Ardens''
for the next Pope Now, this is the motto of
Cardinal GOtti.
The Cardinal, unlike most of those who have
occupied the chair of st. Peter. is a man of most
humble origin, his father having been dock Ia
bOrer at Genoa. He received his education from
the Jesuits. but Joined the novitiate of the Car
mete order at the age IF sixteen. and eventu-
ally became a CarmeIte monk. under the name
of Father Gerome. He took part in the Gcumeni-
cal Council as theological adviser to the general
of the Order of Carmelites in 1870 and in 1881