The St. Louis Republic., 1901-02-06
Apostolic Delegate Has Been So
Informed and Is Preparing to
Leave for Rome.
C0NSIST0RY MEETS IN MARCH.
Pope Leo Has Decided on His Pro
motion, and the Official An
nouncement Will Be Made
Next Month.

SPECIAL BY CABLE.
Rome. eb. 5.-The Most Reverend Arch
bishop Sebastian Martinelli. apostolic dele
gate 20 the United States. will be created
a Cardinal by the Consistory which meets
here in March. This Is stated as an abso-
lutte fact.
Mgr. Martinelli has already been in
formed Of his promotion. and he is pre-
pairing TO leave for Rome. This is not a
great surprise to him. as he received an in
timation OF il last December. though there
was no confirmation.
Mgr. Martinelli will come TO Rome to re-
ceive the red hat from the Pope as soon
as the official notification of his appoint
ment reaches America and a successor q.
papal delegate is announced
The news that Mgr. Martinelli is to leave
American will be received with deep regret
by the Roman Catholic Church In this coun-
try. Since 1897 he has filled the Office of
papai delegate to the intense satisfaction
OF the Bishops and Archbishops of the
church here. and though his incumbency
has been quiet and has attracted little at
tention. the monsignor has done a great
deal Of valuable work.
When. In December. II was r,1mored that
40 AhAsue oe Tdiseu 10 tne purple express
sions OF regret came from all parts of
America 1t was plainly shown then that
the delegates departure would be lamented
here, even though IL would mean his ele-
walton to the cardinalate. Pope Leo XIII
has now definitely announced that Mgr
Martinelli will be made q Cardinal, and all
that remains to be done is for the Consis-
tory to announce the promotion.
Archbishop MartinellPs rise to the car
d1nalate has long been expected In fact
when he was sent to this country as Papai
Delegate It was generally believed that he
would not serve longer than four years be-
fore he would be made a Cardinal. Cardi-
nal Francis Satoni. who preceded Arch
bishop Martinelli as Apostolic Delegate
came here in 1893 as the first delegate to
this country. He served four years and
was then made q Cardinal in accordance
with plans the Pope made before sending
him here.
The scarlet sbarrett. the official insignia
Of the Cardinals Office, will no doubt be
given to Archbishop Martinelli by Cardinal
Gibbons in the Cathedral at Baltimore
There Is reason to believe that the same
programme will be followed as In the case
Of Cardinal 6atolli's accession to office. Be-
fore the first honor can be conferred upon
the newly created Cardinal, the Pope's two
special messengers from Rome must arrive
with the official notice Of the appointment.
1t - not known here whether or not these
messengers are on their way, though It Is
possible that they have been started before
the formal ceremony Of making the Arch
bishop q Cardinal has been performed
After Archbishop Gartinelli has received
his first degree OF honor from the hands of
Cardinal Gibbons. he will proceed to Rome
to have conferred upon him the crowning
honor Of cardinalate. This Will consist of
receiving from the hands OF Pope Leo him,
self the Cardinals red hat. a wide-brimmed
piece of headgear with triangular tassels of
silk hanging from Its sides. 1t q merely
an emblem OF the office Of Cardinal and is
never worn. Even when the hat Il given to
a newly made Cardinal It Is not placed on
the head, but simply held over the recipient
of the honor,