Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1905-01-05
POPES OF LOWLY ORIGIN.
A Number of the Most Eminent Had
Poor Parents-One Ethiopian,
Three Jewish.

Many of the popes have sprung from
low origin. Alexander V. Q4OO) was
beggar boy. Benedict XII. was the
son Of baker; oiXtuS ~. Q47l) was
the son of fisherman, SlxtuS V.
15S5), whose name was Felix Per
retti was q pig driver at MontaltO, ana
attracted the attention OF Franciscan
monk, who educated him, says Lon
don paper He rose to be bishop OF
Fermo. soon after to be cardinal, and
was then elevated to the papal throne
Gnd celebrated his reign by erecting
some Of The finest buildings in Rome.
Nathaniel Hawthorne, writing OF his
tomb in the grand old church OF St
Maria MagOipe. says: III anything
eau still the spectator to silence anu
awaken him to great recollectiCns, it
IS the monument of this astonishing
man y 40 as cn!ld herded swine, and
as man commanded kings, and filled
Rome With 50 many works that from
every side MS nane, like an echo, rings
Ipon the travellers ears
ulhan ". N26D was the son of
frencn cobDler, Adrian VI. was the son
OF a weaver. Benedict Nl. was the son
Of shepherd, Bolit2ce the Great was
street gainin auG held horses TOR
pennies. III recollection Of his carrier
DAYS ne invited two kings to lead his
mule when he rode to his coronation
as pope of Rome. Hildebrand, the
I,l, hn pDDE
Gregory vi. tiT03) Was the son OF
carpenter from Tuscany and one Of the
most brillirnt stltes.4en of his age.
lie practically reyo!utionlzed Europe.
There is a tradition thar one Of the
pOpeS, Nic1or l., Who TciEned IN 19,',
was a colorcG man, al EthiOpion Three
of the pOpos were JeWs-St. Peter, st.
Clement and TheodOrus l., who relgned
in 642. Clement was {. fellow labOteI
with st. Paul and was mentioned by
him in ;he t..ird verse Of the fourth
chapter q. The epj 5tle to the Philip
plans. lie was the fourth pope and
suffered l.1rtyrdom III the year 100.
Th9odorus was descended from
fauuu3 Jo. h scholar, who removed
D Rome G,.,iEg the occupationof Of Judea
Dy the L.1--4n5 and heid a hlgn posi-
ucn.
S1Ycy2I t.. the roncs were laymen,
and tho q ton to the pontifcate has
sevCr,! t...c5 been declined. Martin
". NsA5 l., IS man and at one time
:2a.lr D.. d.. ne, Clement ". was
l.WSCr or, IS secretary to St. Louis
0t I...-,. An0yent VIII was married
ana 1Aa Ter OF large family. He
G.d no {. q orders until after the
LcYth O. IS wife. Adrian II. was
elected three times ana declined twice.
lie was Is years old when he was
elected the third time and died at 81.
He was a 1n9rried man and cardinal
deacon. Persons holding that ecrlesi-
astical rank are not pledged to vows OF
ceiiDacy lie separated from his wife
after his election rs pope, however,
h3t she a'ii his daughters lived in
Rome dur.n" his pontificate and saw
him frequently.
It has long been Il cause of CON
trOyerSy among physicians as to wheth-
II toliSbII IlllOn Is COIl IouS VI Hot,
and one of the strongest arguments.
says the New Yor!. journal, that it is
that has yet been produced is the story
Of the fate of the villagers of Mentone.
Forty years ago this place was one OF
The healthiest villages in France, whose
inhabitants were OF superb physical de-
:clOpment. 1t was discovered about
this time that the climate of MentOne
was remarkably beneficial in cases o.
lung diseases, and people afflicted in
this way tlocked thither from all parts
of Europe. The natural result was
that the people who bad hitherto been
engaged in farming one and all betOok
themselves to min.stering in various
ways to the thronrs Of invalids. The
strong and healthy women of Mentone
became l%uudresses and washed, with
eUt taking the least precautions, the
coIaum"tivcs' clothes. The place is
nov described as being 'baciilus pest
hole" Til" very rol and air are said to
ae cont@ ii mated.