The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1902-04-02

| March 2lSlO at Carpineto. i'm the do
/ cese of Anagni. the son of Count Ludo-
/ vico Pecci. "a small landed proprietor.
! He was ordained priest ON December 81,
/ 1897 cousecrated tituIar archbishop of
/ Damietta on February II, 1913. trans
/ ferred to the see of Perugia ON January
] lg. 1886: proclaimed cardinal on Decpm-
. Der 49, 1853. elected pope on February
/ 20. 1878. and crowned on March g. of the
same year Leo XIII is the 263d success
sor of St. Peter He is, according to the
/ New York sun the only one of the
long lines of pOpes who has worn the
episcopal mitre So consecutive years.
| He is the sixth i'm line as to- length of
reign. and fourth as to personal age. He
/ is now the senior bishop of the whole
/ Catholic world. and also the dOyeu of
those who have held the rank of cardi-
nal He has seen 1877 cardinals die
since he began his reign record no-
| where approached by any of his pre-
| decessOrs and has created las MEM
/ beers of the senate of the church.
| Plus IL the immediate predecessor
of Leo Kill died on February Z, 1873.
. The college of cardinals was instantly
summoned to elect a successor, and on
the 10Th of the same month Cardinal
! GiaComo Pecci was found to have re-
ceived a majority of the votes. On
/ March 3. 1873, the new pope was sol
EMMY crowned in St Peters as the SOW
] eIel9n DDnllII, wear OF CHRIST on tdlln,
| bishop of Rome and successor to the
! chair of St Peter. He entered upon
pontiticate burdened with dismal leg
! acy IN the shape OF restricted Temporal
! powers, transmitted to him by Plus -.
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/ uluel ny TU'i'llIIoi VI NY i'SN ms
/ JON VI lazy anu va. anu NoluapIv
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! pu lue N"S ~ ll9 puiIoI pl"Oe, ''u ne
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! force of arms soIas he has ever since
| y.igoroI1sI,, asserted he made his moral
| I,,,Gtast nv, nreeantinr- hin,saIf to the
/ IyorI5 nc tho nrfsonaT If The vatican
| Du,.ino all The ,,a5Is maj have eIanse5
| he has not arcanted ono nennv If me
| buoe rayan,1a mar has been accorded
/ tn him NV tha Italia, C,overnp,ent. ana
/ he boa ,,.,.a,. lar Tho r,,,6ras of tbe
! Vain naIaca and gs,ians e,,cent IN
! enter tbe rburcb of ST. Peters that
thereto adioins
! Tho foIIGvino inforn,at ion about t,,e
nones is riy,an b,, tbe Nov Yorl, SIM.
| Or the lone line los have been Italians.
| Svrians Z. Greeks IL. Africans 3.
| Standards 4. TTranch ii. Rurpundians
| .! Germans &. SaXons ,. Bayarians 4.
| TgnoIisb ana RaIgian The national
| ir,, Of tba ot1ars is not y,.aIi asta blished
! Forty nones are yenerated as saints
! and Confaseors and n as martyrs max
! inc tha antire number of tba HEATH
| fad r. The 6rst RI pones We're mar
! tvrad
! rrba ra1icrio,,s orders s,Innliad abort "a
! ..- .t--.--.- M !, - "a -.
! have given 70 the Cartbusians two: the
/ C,arn,eIites Two. +be Dorinicans four
! and The Augustinians and Franciscans
| many Numerous popes were members
! of the roval noble families but many
moor men have reached the tiara also.
! s. peter was a fisherman Adrian "
! the only FngIishman who held the
! throne was the SON of a woman who
begged aims at the door of her parish
! church. Urban " was the son of a
moor Frencbman. The parents of CeIes-
! fine V we're i'm very humble circum-