Putnam patriot., 1914-09-11
BENEDICT XV.
 ASSUMES CR0W'N
Pope Takes Tiara Of Peter
 Amid kCciamati0Hs
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Performed in Sistine Chapel Of the Vstiean-Roman Aristocracy and Members of Sacred College
 in Gorgeous Array.

in Gorgeous Array.
 Rome.-The impressive ceremony Of growing Pope Benedict XIV. was performed in the Sistine chapel of the Vatican.
 Fifty-eight Cardinals, including Car dinsls Gibbons, Farley and O'ConneI, gorgeously robed and mitred. and scores of prelates, chamberlains in full uniform and troops surrounded the gestatorial chair bearing the Pope in cloth of gold studded with jewels through the crowded corridors of the Vatican.
 Alter the adoration Of the sacra- ment in the Pauline chapel the cor tege proceeded to the Sistine chapel, where the Pope, assisted by the Car dinals, celebrated high mass. He was solemnly crowned with the tiara and the acclamations of the crowds, the sounding of trumpets and the ringing Of bells.
 Long before the doors of the Vatican were opened at 30 o'clock in the morning the great piazza was full to the eolonnades with waiting people. Troops divided the people into squares in order to maintain order and quiet.
 Precisely at o'clock Pope Bene- diet appeared in the Sistine chapel. The Pontiff, carried high in the eanopied sedia gestatoria and sur rounded by the Noble Guards in new red uniforms with swords drawn, was the last figure in the procession en- tering the church Immediately pre- ceding him were the Cardinals mag nifeently robed and attended each one with his chaplain, equerry and trainbearer The Cardinals were pre- ceded by the pontihcal chaplain bear ing the historical triple crown or tiara. ornamented with precious stones and pearls and equipped with three royal diadems. A gleaming cross preceded the cortege.
 "Tu est Petrus."
 To the right of the Pope was the tribune of the Ambassadors and to his left that of the Roman aristocracy. Eight chosen men surrounded him bearing the famous ostrich feather fans with peacock tips that added a luxurious touch to the scene The audience burst Into shouts of ap- p1ause, which were continued until the Pope rose and. by a gesture of t-f tE,1F No ahn cease It was a stirring and impress sive moment. Bells rang. the papal troops knelt, trumpets sounded long drawn notes throughout the lofty arches and the great choir sang the anthem "Tu est Petrus."
 The actual ceremony of coronation was begun by the rope blessing the altar and assuming symbolic vest ments. One of the Cardinals entered from the crypt of St. Peters bearing the pontfical pallium This was placed about the shoulders of the Pope and fastened with three jeweled gold pins
 Mass was said the Gospel being read in Latin and Greek. The Pope brook the wafer communing with one half and giving the other half to the 1 deacon and sub-deacon.
 At the end of the mass the arch priest advanced with purss contain ing twenty-five pacil, equal In value to about 60 cents, and gave the money to l the Pope. saying: Accept this fee for a mass well said.''
 Following this the Cardinals kissed | the Popes foot and embraced him. A | prelate then advanced bearing dish on which was live charcoal. Taking a position before the Pope. he laid 1 handful of hemp over the coal. and, | as the smoke ascended, uttered the i following reminder: Holy Father, thus passes the glory of the world" With the Sacred College gathered about him the Pope chanted Pales- | trina's Corona Agrea Super Caput Eius." while the choir sang song | of triumph. When silence was re- stored the Senior Cardinal Deacon crowned the Pope with the tiara. say ing the while in Latin: Receive the triple crown and know that you are the father of kings. the pastor of the world. the vicar of Christ. and crown ed Pope"
 At the conclusion of these words 1 thunderous applause joined with the ringing of bells and blasts of trum | pets. until the newly crowned Pope rose and orAred silence and pro- nounced the henediction.
 The ceremony ended at o'clock and the Pope retired. borne away in 1 the sedia gestatoria.