The Daily Missoulian., 1914-08-20
HIS HUMBLE ORIGIN-EA.RLY TRAINING-CREAT-
ED CARDINAL BY LEO-HIS ELECTION A COM
PROMISE-HIS VIEWS OF MODERNISM IN
r CHURCH--A REFORMER WHO PUT
THEORIES INTO PRACTICE

SANNs$1t
4, 1903 and ring his occupancy of
his exalted Office as head of the Ro-
man Catholic church, he was con-
fronted With some of the most mo-
mentous problems, religious and gov
ernme' 4tal, with which the Holy See
has sad to deal in modern times
Pope Plus was born on June :, 1885,
~ Riese, in the Venetian provinces,
the first child of Clam Battista Sarto,
u postman, and his wife Margherita.
Giuseppes early career was influ-
enced by the village priest who took
a liking for the boy, taught him to
read and write and drummed into the
youthful head the rudiments of Latin.
AT the. age OF II years he entered the
seminary at Castelfranco, not far
fscm his birthplace, and for four years
every day he tramped to school,
usually barefooted. until he reached
the outskirts of the village where he
would slip on his shoes to keep up
appearances.
prom Castelfranco he passed in
1850 to the seminary at Padua, and in
1858, at the age of %, was ordained
priest and took up his duties at Tom
bolo, In 1867 he had his first parish
OF Importance, that of Salzano, where
he remained for II years In addition
to his ecclesiastical duties Father
Sarto contributed largely to the sup
port of his mother and sisters, who
found life a hard struggle, especially
in the winter.
His eloquence led to his being called
at the age of 40 to Treviso as chan
cellor of the diocese, and shortly after
he was appointed professor of theol-
ogy in the seminary. Nine years of
strenuous work followed, crowned, in
1884, Ioy his assuming the mitre as
Bishop of Mantau.
Tho Roman Count.
Leo Kill conferred upon Bishop
Sarto the title of Roman Count" and
In the consistory of June 1898, Gre
ated him cardinal, giving him the Ro
man church of san Bernardo from
which to take his title. He was so
poor that he was unable to pay the
fees connected with the acceptance of
the new dignity, but some of his ad-
mirers came forward and provided
hip with the necessary funds.
Creating him cardinal, Leo XIII. ap-
pointed him also Patriarch of Venice,
but he did not leave Mantua until a
year 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 governs
ment having inherited the rights of
the Republic of Venice. The dispute
was cut short by King Humbert also
appointing Cardinal Sarto as Patri-
arch of Venice
The patriarch's relations with the
House of Savoy We're always most
cordial. Every time that their .lajes-
ties or the princes visited Venice he
paid them visit and presented his
homage He was one of Queen
Margheritas confessors, and only a
lew months before the death of Lee
Alll. he was next the Count of Turin
IN public, when he dhe patriarch)
blessed the foundation stone of the
new Cam aanile in Piazza san Marco
He was the candidate of Leo XIII. as
mis- su 2cessor, but he so little realized
the future that when he left Venice
In July, 19O3 for the conclave in
- iNoiiiS, lS DoaSHG dsItluIH liCk9I.
A Compromise Pope.
In the conclave the struggle was
for and against CARDINAL Rampolla
Leo f1H.'s secretary of state, whose
chances We're lost when Cardina
P1izyna pronounced the veto of Aus
tria against him. which veto was sup
posed to represent the Triple ALI
ance. Then, needing d Compromise
pope, all eyes turned to Cardinal Sar.
to, who at first refused, but was after
induced to accept the high position
being elected almost unanimously or
Aug. d, assuming the title of.
rope Plus X, Bishop of Rome ant
Vicar of Jesus Christ, Successor o.
st. Peter, Prince of the Apostles Su.
preme Pontiff of the Universe
Church, Patriarch of the West Pri.
mate of Italy; Archbishop and Metro
polltan of the Roman Province ane
Sovereign of the Temporal Dominion.
OF the Holy Roman Church.
The pontifieate of Pope Plus X. was
characterized by that spirit of modest,
Which never abandoned him and b,
that strong religious feeling which
made him choose as motto, ITO re.
store everything in Christ" The day
after his coronation he was asked t.
give orders for his private apartments
IN the Vatican, and while he urged the
then young Monsgnore Merry del Val
MS pro secretary of state to occur,
the gorgeous Borgia apartment, h,
himself chose four small rooms in thu
low W-ceilinged suite above the stat.
apartment of the pontiff, which, under
Leo Sl11., had been occupied by his
private secretary, Mgr. Angeli
An Ontiring Worker.
Plus X. desired to give himself ur
entirely to his work. In so doing h,
did not spare any fatigue and giving
audiences, admitting people to larg,
receptions, celebrating masses, preach
ing, giving communion, reached sucl
point of exhaustion that while il
the exercise of his priestly function il
the Pauline chapel, crowded with peo
pie, he tainted, and thus started tina
report which pursued him ever after
that he was liable to fainting fits
which was unite nnfrue as that ,ua