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CARDINAL SATOLLI DEAD
NE WAS FIRST APOSTOLIC DEL
EGATE TO a.. s. -
Presate. VINO HAD Been In for some TIme,
was More Than seventy Years Osd
Game 90 ThIs Celntry In 1850 and
Dtd Much work 20 Advance Church.
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RoaEE, Jan s.-Cardinal Satolli. who
had hcen i'll for some time. died at 4
O'clock this morning. He was the first
Apostolic Delegate TO the United States.
The news Of the Cardinals death was
Immediately telsphoned 20 Pope Plus.
who has been deeply concerned over
6atolli's condition for some time. and
his Holiness celebrated n mass Tor the
repose OF his soul
Isy special permission OF the Pope the
body Of Cardinal Satolli will be buried
IN his native town. The funeral will
take place next Tuesday in the Lateran
Baeilica. where the body b now lying in
state.
Cardinal Agliardi. who had an audience
~ the Pope this morning. says his Holi-
ness wept the entire forenoon. He IL
very much saddened by Cardinal Satolli's
death
Cardinal satolli's age was 20 years.
Cardinal Satolli was best known in this
country as the FIRST Apostolic Delegate
from the Vatican to this country. He
came here In October. 1892 and was then
called otscially by Pope Leo XIII. -our
bishop Of Lepanto." my Perugian boy
was the more familiar and endearing
term by which the venerated Father Of the
Catholic Church spoke in private life OF
he, former Purii and Pr4tege' 3. p
Italy, in 1859. He was educated in the
diocesan seminary OF Perugia, then the
most eminent ecclesiastical school in
Itsiy. over which presidsd Joachim Pecci.
years later to be called 20 the chair Of Sc.
Peter as Pope Leo XIII. Satolli az a boy
displayed gifts OF oratory Of the highest
osder. both In his native tongue and In
Accomplishments he added great powers
Of original thought and marked facility
as n writer. When Pope Leo XIII. went
70 Rome Satolli was summoned TO the
Vatican In 1889 he was appointed
siastics, a school in which young clergy
rnen OF birth. fortune and talents are
trained In ecclesiastical diplomacy and
prepared for the nunciatures and other
Important posts OF Church administration.
IN June. 1899. he was created titular Arch
bishop OF Lepanto.
In the fall OF 1850 Archbishop SatolIi
was deputed by the Pope to represent
him at Baltimore on the occasion OF the
celebration in Baltimore OF the centenary
of the Catholic hierarchy in the United
States. and also at the Inauguration OF
the Catholic University OF the United
States in Washington. II was on those
y NfC7SfOne tnat ne maze Jne ACQu1lntanCe
of Archbishop Ireland. for whom he ac-
quired strong feelings Of admiration and
Eagard. which were deepened by Mgr.
Ireland's subsequent visit TO Rome to lay
before the Pope the details OF the Fair
bault plan.
=. Satoili was presented to President
Harrison and the Cabinet at Washington
Z aud was greatly impressed with the
Z vast possibilities for the advancement
OF the Church in the United States. This
4 visit and the accounts he carried back
! 70 the Pope formed the prelude to his
Psiesignation as Apostolic Delegate to the
United States in 1898.
In 1886, two years after his appointment
as d6legate. Satolli was elevated to the
College % Cardinals and he was invested
with the beretta by Cardinal Gibbons In
the nalfiuiore Cathedral in January. 1899
The scsfefnony was most imposing and
was attended by many notables. He
was relieved Of his duties here 10 1905 and
~ While here ne acted as peacemaker
Z between DIR. Edward McGlynn, formerly
Of st, Stephens Church in East Twenty
eighth street, and Archbishop CorriEan
OF New York. DR.. McGlynn had been de-
posed from the reotorship OF St. Stephens
because OF his attitude on questions that
were prominent then and because OF his
friendliness to Henry George and promo
fion OF his doctrines through the Anti
Poverty Club. Through Cardinal Satollfs
efforts DIR. McGlynn was restored to his
priestly faculties and placed in charge Of
7 Q parish in Nswburgh.
On the death Of Pope Leo Cardinal
! Satolh was mentioned as his possible
successor. It has been considered likely
that had he outlived the present Pope.
!, Plus K. he would have had considera ble
suppore among the Cardinals in the con-
= ctave as his successor.