The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-12-17
CARDINAL RAMPOLLA SUCCUMBS AT ROME One Time PapaI Secretary Passes Away After Brief
 Illness.
  WAS ONCE REGARDED
 AS LEO'S SUCCESSOR Earned 8 World Wide. Reputa- tion as a Diplomatist- Created Cardinal 26
 Years Ago.


 Rome. Dec. 17-Cardinal Tindaro Ramp oIla, formerly PapaI Secretary of State, died yesterday in his seven tieth year.
 Born of a noble Italian family, he was famous for his ptety, learning and energy. It was expected that the Sacred College of Cardinals would elect him to succeed Pope Leo XIII, but Emperor Francis Joseph of Aus tria exercised ffthe veto,'' an ancient perogattve. The Emperor thought Leo XIII s Secretary of State had shown too strong a leaning towards France.
 Cardinal Rampolla was a great ad- mirer and friend of Cardinal Gibbons and Archbishop Ireland in America.
 There is a, very old tradition that when one Cardinal dies, three die. Cardinal Oreglta, dean of the Sacred College, died on December 5.
 Cardinal RampolIa,s Marquise del Tindaro, has been one Of the most distinguished men. of the Roman Cath ollie church and under Leo XIII had great influence. Born in 1S43 at Pc hzzi, Sicily, he studied, first at the college Campranica, next at the Jesuit Roman college and finally at the ec-. clesiastical college, Rome. He enter ed the papal service at the age of 26, and six years later became counselor of the papaI embassy at Madrid. Five years afterward he was appointed secretary of ecclesiastical affairs, pa pal nuncio at Madrid in 1882 and car dtnal priest and under secretary of state in 1887.
 He was one of the very few Italian members of the sacred college who are of patricfan birth, and had lived in profound retirement since Austria prevented his selection as pope at the last cOnP13VR The all T1nVUPFfII1 retary of state of Leo XIII lived in the palace of St. Martha, just behind St. Peters, square and unpreten- tious two-storied building, a palace in name only, which for generations has been used as a. residence for the car dinaI holding the office of archpriest Of St. Peters. He kept in his last years absolutely a1oof from all discus sion and interference with the for eign relations of the Holy See and restricted his actions exclusively to those congregations Gas the various departments of the pontifca1 admin istration are styled) of which he was either president or vfce-president.
 These departments deal with mat ters of doctrine, dogma and internal administration of the church, and have nothing whatever to do with the foreign policy of the Vatican Treated with the most profound deference by his fellow -cardinals.s hiss recommends tiOnSssan ndEeutterances were not only to with respect, but also adopted. Plus x nevertheless re- trained from consulting him about any foreign matters, and Rampolla, on his side was careful to avoid any ref erences thereto in his rare interviews with the pontif. Though Rampol1a held thus aloof, yet he remained a very notable figure.
 The cardinal was taIl grave, ascetic- looking and of stately mien, reserved in speech and was credited with a pro- found knowledge of theology.
 Cardinal RampolIa was the closest collaboration with Pope Leo III in the Christian churches. When Pope Leo was dying. a cablegram was received in Rome saying that the American Protestant congregations were pray ing for his recovery. Cardinal Ram polla, took the despatch to the dying pontiff who instructed Cardinal Ram polla to write that the message had been a great consolation to him as it had proved that his scheme for the reunion of the churches was not dream.
 Yesterday morning Cardinal Ram polla went to St. Peters to inspect the work of restoration of the church. Later he felt a general indfsposition which developed into profound pros tration. He refused, however, to aI- low his secretary to remain with him all night in the little palace behind St. Peters where he had lived since he left the secretaryship of state.
 The Cardinals secreary, alarmed at his condition, consulted a physician who visited the Cardinal but discov- cred no serious symptoms and ordered him to take a complete rest. Later in the evening the Cardinal grew worse and had great difficulty in breathing. He sent a messenger hurried1y for his and physician but when they arrived the Cardinal was dead. The doctor said death was due to angina pectoris. @
 The Cardinals secretary performed the final rites of the church and then sent for the pre1ate's sister, Baroness Carolina Rampolla-Pezzana and in- formed Cardinal Merry Del Val
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