The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1913-12-20


The deceased was born in Lucon,
France, in 1841, and was ordained a
priest in 1854. Starting almost i'm
mediately for the missions, he acted
as coadjutor until 1893, when he was
made Vicar Apostolic.
Ambrosian Library of Milan Not
far inferior to the priceless collection
in the Vatican is the Ambrosian Ii
brary of Milan. 1t was here that Car
dinal Mai began his researches in
photography and discovered means of
reading old palimpsests, and enriched
the world with pages of more than
$50 authors.
Priest Saved Papyri.-Padre Piaggi
saved for us the valuable library of
papyri that had been rediscovered in
the buried city of Herculanum, by
means of an ingenious machine that he
invented for gradually unrolling the
thin layers of the bark of the papyrus
plant which had been encrusted with
carbonaceous matter during the seven
teen centuries that they lay hidden in
the earth since the fatal eruption of
Mt. Vesuvius.
For Rome's Deaf Mutes.-The Car
dinal Vicar of Rome has inaugurated
the new building of the Institute
Qualandi for deaf and dumb, on Monte
Verde, not very far from the Vatican.
This institute, like that of Teramo and
Florence, is branch of that erected at
Bologna by the two brothers, Qualandi
both priests.
Among Messina's Ruins.-Amid the
ruins of Messina, where about 100000
people lost their lives by the earth
quake three years ago, stands San
Niccolo, the one solitary church spared
in that great earthquake. Six months
before the earthquake that church was
officially declared in an exceedingly
dangerous condition and ordered
closed at once The Cathedral, whose
walls partly stand, contained art treas
ures valued at $10,O00,000. The gem
laden High Altar was said to be the
costliest in Christendom
Catacombs in Tunis.-A vast field
of exploration for archaeologists ap-
pears to have been opened in Tunis,
where the catacombs of Sousse near
the ancient city of Hadrumetum are
already attracting deserved attention
from antiquarians. They were origin
ally discovered by a French officer of
the 4th Tirailleurs, who, wandering
round the French camp, thrust his
walking-stick into what appeared a
mouse-hole. Meeting with no resist
ance he called in the aid of a work
man, who with his pickaXe, soon
brought to light Roman tomb. The
catacombs, which some time ago were
excavated by Father Leynaud, former
secretary to Cardinal Lavigerie, are
said to be in a perfect state of pre-
servation.
Memorial to Loyal Princess.-To
Princess Clothilda, aunt of King Victor
Emmanuel III, the people of North
Italy have erected in the Church of S.
Maria of Moncalieri monument repre-
senting the aged lady kneeling in
prayer at the priedieu. She could
never be persuaded to come to Rome
after 1870, Notwithstanding her love
for the Eternal City. Nor would she
recognize her nephew, Victor EN-
manuel Ill, as King in Rome, and her
indignation was manifested by holding
aloof from him.
Secret Charity of Canon Sheehan.-
Father Robert Kane, S. j., preaching
in London, said of Canon Sheehan that
when his great fame brought him
money from the publishers it disap-
peared in charity of which no one
knew from what hand it came. He
had arranged that the profits from his
books should be sent to his Bishop to
be distributed among the poor.
A Beqgars Gift.-William Robbie,
for twenty years familiar figure in
the streets of Ballarat, Australia,
where he earned a living by begging.
died at the age of 72, leaving scrip to
the value of e28,OOO which he be-
uueathed to the Ballarat Hospital and
the Aberdeen University.
Armagh's Jubilee offering.-In the
Archdiocese af Armagh, Ireland, Car
dinal Logue directed that the Six
teenth centenary celebration of the
Peace of Constantine should assume
the form of contributions towards
the building of the Memorial Church
at the Milvian Bridge, Rome Car
dinal Logue sent the offerings
amounting to $2,155 to Cardinal Merry
del Val,
Maynooth Professor Consultor.-
The former professor of Canon Law
in Maynooth College, Monsignor Luzio
has been nominated by the Holy
Father Consultor of the Sacred Con
gregation of the Regular Orders. Mon
signor Luzio is a native of Sicily.