The Irish standard., 1918-11-30
Pope Remembers
His Pied &c

FonttH PROVIDES New CaSket for Rel.
les Of citys Patron Saint; cere-
mony Takes Place at Vatican.
Pope Benedict XIV, when just Msgr.
Della Chiesa, Archbishop of Bologna,
carried out the solemn ceremony of
the Recognition of the Relics of st.
Petronius, patron of Bologna. That
was in 1911. At the same time he
promised that the original casket in
which the relics of the same had been
for so long should be replaced by
filter resting place. But three years
later he was elevated to the throne
of Peter. This, however, did not pre-
vent him fulfilling his promise, though
in order to keep it to the full he had
to change the place of the solemn cere-
mony Of the deposition of the relics
from Bologna to Rome. Recently the
North express brought to Rome, in a
reserved carriage, Cardinal Gusmini,
Archbishop of Bologna, with his vicar
cathedral chapter, and the casket with
the relics of the saint. BY an act of
courtesy it ran into special platform
giving direct access to the royal wait
ing room and thence to the Vatican
carriages in waiting. The prefect of
ceremonies and several dignitaries
from the Vatican were ready to &C.
company the Cardinal-Archbishop and
his precious burden to the Vatican,
where the relics were at once placed
in the Sistine Chapel. Cardinal Gus
mini, his mission for the moment &C.
complished, went to say his Mass in
the Pauline Chapel. That evening His
Holiness came down from his apart
ments to venerate the relics Next day
he carried out his promise in the pres.
ence Of numerous Bolognese, either
resident in Rome or come specially for
the ceremony. He himself said the
Votive Mass Of the saint. After that,
seated on tho throne he received an
address of thanks from the Cardinal
Archbishop, to which he graciously
replied, and then took place the cere-
mony Of recognition of the relics and
their deposition in the new beautiful
casket prepared to receive them. In 1t
too is placed a parchment recording
the event, which bears His Holiness
signature. On the following day he
gave private audience to the Bolognese
here. Cardinal Gusmini returned to
Bologna the day after, where the
faithful came in numbers to greet him
and be present at the deposition of
the relics of the patron saint in the
Church Of st. Stephen.
Another Irish Church and House In
Rome.
There is yet another Irish church
and house in Rome The Provincial
Of the Irish Carmelites has been here
and has brought small batch of stu
dents, whom he has established at st.
Celso This is small church and
house just this side of the Ponte st.
Angelo, a very populous part of the
city. OF Irish establishments here we
now have the Irish College itself, the
Irish Dominicans at San Clements.
which recently saw the conservation
| Of Rt. Rev. DR.. McNicholas, Bishop of
Duluth; the Irish Franciscans at St.
lsidore's; the Irish Augustinians at
st. Patricks, and now the Irish Car.
melites at San Celso. Then there are.
in a different category, but occupying
very important position and doing a
magnificent work, the Irish Christian
Brothers, with their school, "Marcan-
tonic Colonna," and there is always
the Church of San Silvestro for all
English-speaking Catholics in Rome.
Father Cogan, the Carmelite Provin-
cial, has been received in private audi
ence by His Holiness.
Death Of Mssr. spoIverIni.
The death has taken place of Msgr.
Spolveriui, whose signature will be
familiar, as sub-datary, to all who
have to read the documents of that
department. The datary is Cardinal
Vannutelli, who was present at the
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funeral in the parish church of Sta
Maria in Via, which saw only a few
weeks ago the funeral of Msgr. stagni,
late Apostolic Delegate to Canada,