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rectina Abuses Greatly Beloved by His People
and Popular NItb The Civil Authorities
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tailor, 9 and Pits hen a young
sem;narist. being IA lleT siegan aIl his
priestly robes bis oanpanions used to-
joke. SAYING that he svidentIy knew the
He began lis seduca at IS
airy at Trsyigo aad continued bat IS Pa ).
dua, the seat Of
one of thebest \ noNh Ilof III ftaiyy,
but in stfie wor1s as
twenty 4fa1fte hen ee7sasA'
Grated priest at ste1 France the
birth place the great mas ter sslor-s
gione, aefing ftsrWa S Tor nIne 3
as coadjutorto the parish priest OF
Tombolo, province sof Padua, small
village OF $50 people, who WereS the
first toS eciate sllis irtWes. His.
kindness was lintirings He sought to
fill their wants and never nurmur
was heard when he was called iii the
middle of a winter night to death bed
which proved to- be nothing Of the kind.
Went Hungry to Feed Others.
He gave freely of his very small
means until heoften went without
meals himself I'D he: Kept many a poor
family from ST ion. In 1857 he was
appointed pafH priest at Salzano.
which was considered an important
promotion, being a village of 8. 341
souls. Still, heswas exceedingly sorry
to leave Tombolo, having become at
taehed to the people. The peasants.
when he left, made a most enthusiasts
tie Demonstration, crying Viva, Don
Giuseppe" while many women whose
children he had nursed wept copiously.
He so distinguished himself at Sal
zano that he was kept there only two
years. which is remarkable in the ca
reer of an Italian. parish priest. In
1875 he was elected chancellor of the
bishop of Trevbso, then spiritual di-
rector of that seminary, judge of the
ecclesiastical tribunal and finally vicar
general.
Pope Leo appreciated his cleverness,
piety and modesty, appointed him in
November, 1884, at the age of forty
nine years, bishop of Mantua, where
he remained nine years, until 1898.
when he was made cardinal aiid ap-
pointed patriarch Of Venice. He dis
tinguished himself as a thorough re-
former, SURPRISING all abuses, restor-
ing the dignity of the clergy and the
earnestness of religion. To him Is due
the revival of Gregorian chant in the
beautiful churches overlooking the Ia
goons and to him is due the strict lit
urgic rules.
Won Government Officials Esteem.
From his appointment rose heated
polemics between the Holy See and the
Italian government. The latter is heir
to the ancient privileges granted by
the pope to the republic of Venice, and
contended that 1t had the right to
choose and appoint the patriarch. The
government, however, after having
long refused its exequatur, eventually
granted it to Sarto, who, meanwhile,
succeeded in gaining general esteem,
Including that of the government Off
Gals. The Italian cabinet has no feel
ing against Sarto personally. In fact,
he might quite.,well have been their
choice if the papacy had not wished
him, but it was a political question on
which, however, they soon gave way.
Sarto became the idol Of the Vene-
tians. When his gondola went through
the canals the,Ypeople rushed on the
bridges and along the sides of the
canals. kneehngI and saluting, the wom-
en- exclaiming food bless the patri-
archi"
The new pope used then to say that
he did not like to go out of sight of
the lions of ST. Marks, which now he
will never seeg again. If. as Is almost
sure. he follows sffhe rule inaugurated
by his two Predecessors never to leave
the Vatican
In a few cases in which he came to
Rome. on returning. when asked if he