The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-03-01
ROMAN PONTIEF WILL
OBSERVE 93RD
ANNIVERSARY
Pope Leo's Birthday to Be
Celebrated in Roman Cath
olic World Today-Life
and Work Of Holy Father
Archbishop Ireland Is
sues Instructions.

The Roman Catholic world will to-
day celebrate the ninety-third ami
versary of the birth of Pope Leo. In
every church in the world the occasion
will be observed.
In honor Of the occasion of the ami
versary Archbishop Ireland has issued
to each pastor of the diocese of st.
Paul letter instructing them as fol-
lows:
"On Tuesday, March 8, the twenty
fifth anniversary of Leo's coronation,
the second day following the ninety
third anniversary of his birth. priests
will add to the usual collects of the
mass the collect Pro-Pontifcate.
con the Sunday following, March 8,
at the late mass the subject of the SER
mon will be the Roman Pontifcate,'
with special reference to the reign Of
Leo XIII. At the conclusion Of the
mass the TIE Deum' will be sung, to-
gether with the verses-'Salvum fac,
Domino, ponitficem nostrum Leonem,'
and the 'Omnipotens miserere
famulo tue pontif1ct nostro Leoni.'
1.-The faithful are invited to receive
on Sunday, March 8, the holy commu-
Mon, and recite special prayers for the
welfare, spiritual and temporal, Of the
pontiff."
Sketch of Pope Leo's Life.
The life of Pope Leo Kill has been
devoted, next to his care of souls, to
culture and the advancement of letters
and science. He stands forth pre-em-
inently one of the most cultivated
scholars of the present or any past
century. His encycllcal letters, apart
from their opportuness and wonderful
grasp of the moral needs and dangers
of present day Christian society, are
acknowledged to be masterpieces of
literary composition-mode of the
purest and most exquisite Latinity.
He. was born March 2, 1910, at Car
pineto, Italy, little village known to
the Roman as "Carpineto Romano"
because Of the many places in Italy Of
that name, and possibly, too, because
of its proximity to the capital. The
little village is situated in cleft Of
the Menti Lepini, a portion Of the
Volsician range, near Velletri.
His fathers name was Domenico
Lodovico Pecci, and the maiden name
of his mother Anna Prosperi-Buzi. Six
children there were to bless the union,
the youngest of whom was named Joa-
chin Vincent Raphael Lodovieo Pecc1
and he was destined to be elected to
the most holy and eminent Office the
church can give to a son of earth.
The young lad early gave promise
Of great piety of spirit, and, from the
time when he first understood the d.
vine offices, filed by a servant of the
church, he knew what should be his
calling in life. -.
He was in due time ordained in the
rites and offices of the Roman Cath
Ollie clergy. That wondrous sagacfty,
perspicuity and loving character which
characterized him soon became appar-
ent and has continued to draw toward
him all men with whom he comes in
contact. He was not long in achieving
favor in the sight of the reigning pope,
Piux TX, and at an unusually early
age he was made a cardinal.
On Jan. 7, 1878, Plus died; and on
Feb. 20, of the same year, Cardinal
Joachim Pecci was elected supreme
pontiff of the holy Roman Catholic
church by a conclave of sixty-one car
dinals drawn from all parts of the civ
ilized world and who met in Rome.
When it was announced to him that
he was elected by an overwhelming
majority as the vicar of Christ on
earth, he was asked by what name he
desired to be called; and he answered,
in a voice broken with emotion, as he
thought of the fearful responsibility
that then rested upon him, Leo Kill"
And by that name has he been known
for twenty-five years. during which
period he has guided the church.
A Poet of Merit.
Pope Leo is noted as being poet
Of deep thought and rare delicacy of
expression. AS is well known he, for
years, published his poems IN the
''Civilta Cattolica," under the pseu-
donym of ''Neander Heracleus," most
ly distiches full of thought, but always
perfect in their Latin form.
The following is his most recent
poem published in his ninetieth year,
and which is taken from the Cologne
Peoples Journal It's theme is i'm