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tirely the consequences of these feel ings. He thus found the situation less favorable than his antecedents might have given the right to expect.
 Mirano Rampolla del Tindaro be- longs to a noble Sicilian family. He was born at Dalizzi. diocese of Cedalu. August T.. 1S43. and was made cardinal by Leo XIII in 1887, with the title of Santa. Cecilia. He was also secretary of state his holiness, prefect of the sacred congregation of Loreto. presi- dent of the commission of cardinals for the administration of the property of the holy see and the commission for biblical study. He is protector of nu- merous mona stic orders, etc, both for eign and Italian.
 Rampolla, having completed his stud ies in the Capranica college in Rome, l, entered the academy for ecclesiastics of rank. In 1875 he was sent to Spain as auditor to Mgr. SimeCne. the nun cio. In 1887 Rampolla was nominated secretary of tne propaganda foT mat ters connected with the oriental rite. In 1882 he was made archbishop of Herpolea and sent as nuncio tC Spain, where he won general esteem and ven- eration, so much so that his promotion 10 the rank Ol CaTullldi, lHOuSil IuIly
 deserved and his subsequent depar- ture from Spain. caused great regret to the court, the government, the clergy and the Catho,;cs. As cardinal he bore the title Of Santa Cecilia, and soon after his promotion in 1887. he was appointed secretary of state, in which capacity he won the esteem of the dip lomatists with whom he corresponded. Through he has won high esteem he has also made enemies. The turning point of Rampollas career was in 1885, when the question of the Caroline Isl- ands arose between Spain and Ger
 many. upon which he suggested the idea Of referring it tC the pope as ar bitrator. This was great diplomatic success for the vatican. because 1t seemed like a return of the papacy to its former position in Europe, from which it had been excluded since 1870.
 Angelo di Pietro was born in Vivaro. diocese of Tivoli. May 20. 1928. and was created cardinal by Leo XIII in 1893. with the title of SS. Boniface and Alexis. He is a member of the car dinals commission for appointing Ital- ian bishops. He is protector of various mcnasteres. confraternities an insti- tutions. and belongs to the ecclesiastri- cal CO.lSIeSallOIlS Ot lIls iLOlS ton, and bishops and regulars. the council of extraordinary ecclesiastical affairs. He studied in the seminary of Tivoli and afterwards in Rome. where he obtained the academical degree ut roque jure. He was secretary. and aft erwards vicar general of the bishop of Tivol; in 1865 he became vicar gen eral to the bishop of Nelletri, and in the following year he was suffragan bishop of Nice. In 1877 he was sent as apostolic delegate to the republics ct Argentine, Uruguay and Paraguay. In 1879 he became apostolic internunclo in Brazil and in 1882 he was nuncio in Munich, where he decided the last of the controversies begun and sustained by the archbishop of Pcsen, Lodo- chowsky. In 1887 he was sent as nuncio to MedrId to take the place of Ram polla, who had been created cardinal. He was highly appreciated in Spain by the court as well as by the government. Many regard him as a suitable success sor to the chair of St. Peter.
 Antonio Agliardi was born in Co., logna al Serio, diocese of Bergamo, September 1. 1882. and was created car dinal by Leo XIII at the consistory on June P. 1896. He was afterwards Cam erlengo of the Sacred college. which office he resigned June 19, 1899. He is bishop of the suburban diocese of Al bano and perfect of the propaganda, and belongs to several important con- grega tions. besides being protector of several monasteries. For ten years he was curate in his native village. then professor of moral law at the Roman seminary. He was sent to accompany an Irish bishop entrusted with mis- sion in CownpOre. and on his return he was appointed to a post in the propaga nda, where he was specially occupied with the conditions of the Catholics in India. When Leo XIII, in agreement with Portugal, was occupied