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skirts of the village, where he would
I slip on his shoes to keep no appear
anceS.
From Castelfranco he passed in
1850 to the seminary at Pa6ua, and In
lSSS, at the age OF %. was ordained
priest and took up his studies at Tom
holo, In 1857 he had his FIRST parish
OF Importance, that of Salyano, where
he remained for eleven years. In az
dition to his ecclesiastical duties,
, Father Sarto contributed largely to
the support OF his mother and sisters,
who found life a hard struggle, espe-
eially in the winter.
His elouuence led to his EeinE called
at the age of 40 to TreyiSo as chan~
cellor of the diocese, and shortly art
sr he vas appointed professor or the
oiogy in the seminary. Nine years OF
work followed, crowned In
1854 by his assuming the mttre as
bishop OF Mantua,
Leo XIII, conferred upon Bishop
Sarto the title of Roman Count, n
in the consiStory Of June, 1898. created
him cardinal, giving him the Roman
/ church of san Bernardo from which
10 take his title. He was SO poor that
/ he was unable to pay the fees con-
nectea with the acceptance CT the new
dignity, but some III his admirers came
forward and provided him with the
necessary funds,
Creating him cardinal, Leo XIII. ap-
pointed him also patriarch of Venice.
but he did not leave Mantua until a
wear later, owing TO conflict between
the Italian government and the holy
see. over the right of the house OF
savoy to be consulted before the APP
pointment Of a patriarch, the govern
ment having inherited the rights of
the republic OF Venice. The dispute
was cut short by King, Humhert also
appointing Cardinal Sarto as patriarch
OF Venice,
The patriarch's relations with the
house OF SAVOY were always most or
dial. Every time that their maJesCies
or the princes visited Venice he paid
them a visit and presented his homage.
HE was one of Queen Margherita's
~confessors, and only a few months be-
fore the death of Lex XIII he was next
the count of Turin in public, when he
gtha p~atriarch) blessed the foundation
seene OF the new Campanile in Piazza.
EAa Marco. He was the candidate of
,Esp. XIII. as his successor, but he 50
little realized the future that when he
left Venice, IN July, 1898, for the con~
elave at Rome, he bought a return
ticket
In the ~conclave the struggle was for
and against Cardinal Rampoll, Leo
xIITAs secretary Of state. whose
! chances were lost when Cardinal
( puzyn pronounced the veto OF Austria
Agalnst him. which veto was supposed
to represent the Triple Alliance. Then,
needing a compromise" pope, all eyes
turned To Cardinal Sarto. who at first
refused. bot was afterwSrd induced to
ACCEPT the high position, being elected
almost unanimously on Aug. 4, aSsuln~
ing the title off
Pope Plus X, bishop OF Rome and
vicar Of Jesus Christ successor of st
Peter, prince OF the apostles supreme
nontsEa OF the universal church, patrI-
arch OF the west, p~raGaate OF ITALY,
Archbishop and metropolitan OF the
Roman province and SOVEREIGN OF the
temporal a~orninions af the holy Roman
church
THE pontl6cate OF Pope Plus x was
characterized by that spirit of ~ntedesty
which never abandoned him and by
that strong religious feeling mhica1
RaAaa him choose as motto, no restore
everything 10 Christ The day after
his eoTonasf0n he was asked 10 give
orders Ter bis private apartment 20
KAe wa2kcan. and while he urged the
aMen Ne@ng MonSigxore Merry del Val,
ais pr0~SaczeSarg of state to occupy
the gorgeous BoTgia Apartment he
MsgnxsAg chose four saaaa4a rooms IN the
agwv~ceslfnge2 suite above the state
apartment ca tMe Rpnsasf, which sades
Lee XIII bad hexa oeoapkea ey has