The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1913-10-25

vanishing owing to the loss Of the
prestige which the official protection
the Christians there had secured
to the nation.
Abbey Ruins to Be Repaired.-The
ancient ruins of Crossraguel Abbey in
Ayrshire, Scotland, are to be repaired.
The Cluniac Benedictines occupied it
up to 1860.
Manor Has Historic ReIics.-At
Malvern, England, there was opened
ancient Catholic manor, called Lit
tie Malvern Court, which, up to the
days of Henry VII was a Benedictine
monastery. Among it's relics are a
trunk of Katharine of Aragon and the
Rosary of Mary Queen of Scots.
the greatest astronomers in our day
is Cardinal Mazzi, Archbishop of Pisa,
Italy. He has just completed a vast
work on the formation of nebulae. 1t
is now being examined prior to pub
LEGATION.
See Holds Sacred Treasures
Axum, in ancient ETHIOPIA, Africa, now
a titular archbishopric, is a very an
cient See. It's Bishops date from the
middle of the fourth century to the
year $50. 1t claims to hold in the
deep recesses of it's old Cathedral the
original Tables of the Law and the
Ark of the Covenant.
Jesuit Churches in Rome.-In Rome
the Jesuits have two churches: The
Gesu and st. Ignatius. At the Gesu,
the General of the Jesuit resides. ST.
Ignatius lies buried there under his
altar. Opposite his tomb is the altar
of ST. Francis Xavier, containing an
arm of the saint. In the Church of
st. Ignatius are buried st. Aloysius
and st. Berchmans.
Memorial Church at Bethany
Bethany today is a village of Pales-
tine somewhat less than two miles
from I Jerusalem. st. Jerome, cen
turtles ago., said: Bethany is a vii
lage at the second milestone from
Jerusalem, on the slope of Mount
Olives, where the Saviour raised Laz-
arus to life, to which event, the church
now built there bears witness"
Vatican Library.-The great Vati-
a Library is a manuscript rather
than a printed-book library. In both
regards, however, it is one of the
great libraries of the world. In the
number of it's manuscripts, few sur
pass it; in the number of printed
books it is surpassed by many.
Irish Missionaries.-Eight nations
had the torch of faith enkindled from
the affairs of Ireland. Germany hon
ors $50 Irish saints; France, As; Bel
GUM, 30; Italy, 10; Sweden, 8. Aus
trials patron is st. Colman; Fran
conia's, st. Killian; Flanders, st. Liv-
mus; Switzerland, st. Gall; Northern
Italy's, st. Columbanus; Strasbourg's,
st. Abrogast; the Netherlands, st.
Rumold. Besides these Irish saints,
Austria specially honors st. Fridolin;
Calabria, st. Fridian and st. Catal-
dus, and Strasbourg, st. Virgilius.
New Bishop of Potenza.-The ex-
Custos of the Holy Land, Right Rev.
Robert Razzoli, o. F. NJ, whose term
of office expired this year, has been
appointed Bishop of Potenza, in south
ern Italy, by the Holy Father.
Built Six BasiIicas.-When Con-
stantine the Great proclaimed peace
to the Church he built six basilicas
in Rome. The first was Our Savior's
in Lateran. Then that of the Holy
Cross in Jerusalem neal by the Lat
eran; then SIS. Peter and Paul's, st.
Lawrence's, st. Agnes and SIS. Peter
and Marcellinus'.
Chinese Princess convert.-Among
the latest converts to the Church in
China is a royal princess, who is a
niece of the Emperor Kia-Tsing, who
was such a declared foe to Christian
ity in the middle of the last century.
A Royal Nun.-A royal Nun in the
person of the Dowager Duchess of
Braganza, widow of Dom Miguel, the
ex-King of Portugal, passed to her re-
ward recently at Quar- Abbey, Isle
of Wight. She had been a member
of the Order of Saint Benedict since
1896. Five of her six daughters were
present at the funeral, also the Prince
of Lowenstein, the deceased Duchess
brother, who is a Dominican priest;
and Don Alfonso de Bourbon, her SON
in-law.
Orange Notions of EquaIity.-The
Orangemen of Belfast have a great
fear of Catholic intolerance when
Home Rule is given. 1t is an interest
ing commentary on this complaint to
consider the distribution of offices in
the city of Belfast. The Board of
Guardians pay $4,000 in salaries of
which Catholics get $3,40O. The Har-
Dor Board pays $56,345, and the one
Catholic official gets $1,250. The Wa
ter Board has on its pay roll one
Catholic, whose wages are 1925, out of
a total of $4,000. OF the twenty-five
medical officers not one is a Catholic.
There are 100000 Catholics in Bel