New-York tribune., 1903-06-28
MGR. FARLEYS PALLIUM.
INSIGNIA zcith Which He WaU Be
INFESTED on July 22.

Not until Monsignor Farley is invested on July
% with the pallium as a token of the rank to
which he was promoted last year by Leo XIII
will he become possessed of the full rights and
prerogatves Of Archbishop of NeW-9ork. The
pallium is the principal emblem Of his new Of
fee. 1t consists of a circular scarf or band OF
white wool about three fingers broad. worn like
collar around the neck, and having two falling
ends fastened over the chasuble by three gold
pins fixed on the left shoulder, the breast and
the back the number signifyng the nails of the
cross. Before the eighth century 1t was orna-
mented with two or four red crosses. but now
with six black Ones fastened with gold pins
It has been supposed to be the last relic of
abbreviated toga reduced by degrees to its lati-
clave or broad stripe Of purple which adorned
the robe Of office of the Roman Senators. In
the time of Gregory the Great it was made of
white linen CLOTH without seams needlewora
hanging down from the shoulders. But now
adays it is made of white wool by nuns, the
wool being taken from lambs which are yearly
offered and blessed the feast of ST Agnes in
the church in the Via Nomentana, at Rome
dedicated to her memory.
The pallium received the Papal benediction
on the Feast Of SITS. Peter and Paul after
having been deposited for twenty-four hours
previously in silver gilt Golfers. on the altar Of
St. Peter, over his tomb, so that the words
Archbishop Farley, namely I'VE confer upon
thee the pallium taken from the body Of bless
ed Peter" may be construed as literally pos
sible.
Archbishop Corrigaus pallium buried
with him. So strict indeed, is the rule about
the burial of the palium that even In the case
where Archbishop is drowned at and his
body cannot be recovered, it is ordered that his
pallium must either be buried in the ground
burnt. If an Archbishop is translated to new
see, or if a second archbshopric is conferred
upon him in addition to the first he must make
application to the Pontiff for a second palum
and when he dies he is buried in the pallium
given to him for the province in which his de-
mise has taken place. His other pallium must
be rolled UP and laid under his head in his
tomb.
On being invested with the palIium the Arch
bishop will take long series of vows, the first
of which reads follows II from this hour
forward viii be faithfully obedient to ST. Peter
to the Holy Apostolic Roman Church, to my
Lord Pope and to his canonical successors"
During the mass the ceremony of investiture
will be much follows: The pallium will be
spread out in the middle of the high altar at
st. Patricks, wrapped in the covering of silk III
which Il has been brought from Rome. At the
termination of the mass Cardinal Gibbons
deputed by the Pope for the purpose, will, seat
ed before the altar on a faldstool receive the
above mentioned oath of fealty in the name of
the Apostolic See. Archbishop Farley, in taking
the oath, will kneel before the Cardinal, clad in
all the pontifical vestments, as if he were about
to celebrate mass. with the exception, however,
OF the mtre and the gloves AS soon the oath
has been given the Cardinal will place the pallium
around the neck of the Archbishop. and. strict
Iy speaking it is not until then that the Arch
bishop becomes invested with the full powers
and prerogatives of his rank. For, according to
the words of Pope Innocent III. the pailium
embodies that pIentude and completion of spr-
itual power without which the Metropolitan
may not lawfully ordain clerics. consecrate
bishops dedicate churches or assume the title
of Archbishop"
In conclusion it may be stated that the
pallium. as a general rule, constitutes the in
sigma of the rank of Archbishop exercising
the powers of a Metropolitan. The Popes, how
ever have occasionally given it to mere bishops
as a mark of special honor and regard