The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-08-05

Important promotion. being a village Of
|.54t souls. Still, ne was exceedingly
sorry 10 leave TombOlo having become
attached TO the people. The peasants.
Wnen he left. made a most enthusi-
astic demonstration. crying Viva Don
giuseppe while many women whose
children he had nursed wept copiousiy.
he distinguished himself so much al
SaizanO that he was kept there only
Two years. which is remarkable in tae
career Of an Italian parish priest. In
1875 he was elected chancellor Of the
bishopric of Treviso. then spiritual di-
rector of that seminary. judge of the
ecclesiastical tribunal. and finally vicar
general
Bishop of Mantua.
Pope Leo. who had highly appreci-
ated his cleverness. piety and modesty.
appointed him in November. 1884. at the
age OF 49 years. bishop OF Mantua.
where he remained nine years, until
1923. when he was made a cardinal and
appointed patriarch OF Venice. sup
pressing all abuses. restoring the dig
nifty Of the clergy and the earnestness
OF religion. To him is due the revival
of a GregOrian chant in the beautiful
churches overlooking the lagOons. and
TO him is due the strict lturic rules.
From his appointment rose heated
polemics between the holy see and the
Italian government. The latter as heir
TO the ancient privileges granted by the
pope to the republic OF Venice. MAIN
tanned that IL had the right to choose
and appoint the patriarch. The gov
eminent, however, after having long
refused it's exequatur, eventually
granted il To Sarto, who. meanwhile
gained general esteem, including that
Of the government officials. The Ital-
ian cabinet had no feeling against
Sarto personally. I'm fact he might
quite well have been their choice il the
papacy had not wished him, but it was
a political question on which, however,
they soon gave way
Idol of venetians.
Sarto became the idol Of the Vene-
tians. When his gondola went through
the canals the people rushed on the
bridges and along the sides of the ca
mails, kneeling and saluting, the women
exciaiming God bless the patriarch"
The new pope used then to say that
he did not like TO go out of sight of the
lions of St. Mark, which now he viii
never see again If, as is almost sure,
he follows the rule inaugurated by his
two predecessors never to leave the
vatican.
In the few cases in which he came
to Rome, on returning, when asked if
he enjoyed the gorgeOusness of the pa
pal court and the magnificence of the
functions. SartO answered: when I
am there feel like fish out of water"
He has very modest tastes. having re-
tanned almost the same habits as when
he was a mere curate at Salpazo. He
was severe but just with his clergy.
There is nothing he dislikes so much
as publicity, detesting the praise and
compliments of courtiers. FranknesS
is another of his principal qualities. al
though he is somewhat timid.
AS the Italians say, he has no harm
on his tongue or pen. Even So Plus Y
often wrote truths which were perhaps
unpleasant.
Favorite With Royalty.
The relations of Sarto with the house
of Savoy are well illustrated by what
occurred two months ago when the
king of Italy went to Venice to open
the international art exhibition.
King Victor Emmanuel gave orders
that the patriarch be given precedence
over all the local authorities, but Sarto
having arrived while the king was
speaking to the project. who is the
highest government official in the prov
ince, he refused to be announced and
said he would not disturb his majesty.
He remained in an ante chamber. af-
fably conversing with the generals and
admirals gathered there. When the
king learned of his presence. he came
to receive him on the threshold of the
chamber and kept him in conversation,
accompanying him afterward in a gon-
dola while all the soldiers and guards
rendered SartO military honors. Nat
urally this does not mean that Sarto,
once pope viii fundamentally change
the policy that the church has adopted
toward the Italian state. but certainly
his personal feeling will be favorable
/ to moderation.
/ Peasant by Birth
Advlces from Riese, the birthplace Of
Plus Y and a village of 1000 inhab-
! itants. state that the pope's mother
now dead, when living therein, occu-
4 pied a small peasants house. having in
| her humility always refused to live
/ with her son. Giuseppe, as even his
/ modest establishment was considered
/ by her TO be too luxurious in COMPARE
/ son with what she was accustomed to.
The elder brother of the pope. Angelo,
/ lived in the village of Dellegrazie, prov
/ ince of Mantua, being the postman Of