The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1922-02-03
CRYPT CLAIMS
BODY OF POPE
POPE BENEDICT XIV rs ENToMBEp
WITH SOLEMN AND IMPRESS
sIvE CEREMONIES
CROSS MARKS REsTINGPLACt
Great Crowds kneel In Prayer Outside
ST. Peters Church During Solemn
Rights; Body 10 Placed In Crypt
Under Basilica Floor

Rome Beneath the flagstones OF
81. Peters where thousands of pilgrims
come each year. lies the mortal re-
mains Of Benedict Nv, whose efforts
throughout the war were directed To-
ward peace and after the war TO the
paciflcation of Europe and the world.
The burial ceremony took place at
2 D. IN. Thursday and in the light Of
the perpetually burning iapers the
body was lowered into It's tomb. Those
cardinals who had gathered here for
the c0nclave which ~ tn elect new
pope. assembled In the basicIIa Of 81.
Peters. together with the diplomatic
representatives Of The foreign nations
accredited To The Holy See. Outside
the edifice great crowds knelt In
prayer and waited for the end OF the
solemn ceremonial.
The strains Of the "siiserere" swell
Ing through the vast basilica, the mar
:. tiaI step and clang OF swords Of the
ponilficial armed forces, the flowing
robes OF prelaies. rich violet, blending
with the striking costumes OF the Swiss
guards, the gendnrmerie and the noble
guards and contrasting with the simple
black Of the diplomatic corps. com
bned TO give II picturesque impressive
ness Ia the high pontificial rite Of
burial
Az the solemn ceremony of absolu
tion took place and the choir sang the
anthem ''Ingrediar." followed by "Sicut
cervus" While the last anthem was
being sung the body was deposited in
the cypress coffin and the major domo
of the vatican. Monslgnor SAM De
Sanper. covered the face Of the pope
with a veil OF white silk and placed In
the coffin the medals struck during
the pontlflcate of Benedict and purses
of coins, In accordance with custom.
Cardinal Cagllero covered the body
with n large red cover, placed NJ the
foot brass cylinder on which was
inscribed history of the life and pom
tiflcate of the late pope.
Finally. dissolution was given, the
coffin was sealed with ribbons of violet
silk and the cover was screwed down.
The burial act was then read and
formal transfer of the body made by
the sacred college To the chapter OF
the basillca, this being duly registered.
The coffin was then sealed with the
pope's seal. The cypress coffin In
which the body rested was placed In a
lead casket, the ends of which were
Immediately soldered and both were
deposited In a hardwood casket, upon
which the same seals We're affixed as
on the first. This was surmounted by
a wooden cross, also by the pope's coat
of arms, with tiara and the brief Latin
Inscription: "rhe Body OF Benedict
the Fifteenth. Supreme Pontiff, Who
Lived Slxty-Seven Years. Occupied the
Throne of 1T. Peter Seven Years and
Died Jan. 20, 1922"
After the ceremony In the chapel OF
the choir. the procession reformed and
proceeded to a position before the high
pontifical altar Immediately under the
spacious dome. The cardinals followed
In the procession and took places along
the rail leading to the crypt. The body
now encased In Its casket, was carried
To a platform constructed for lowering
into crypt Chains were adjusted
and the casket was slowly swung int,
the tomb, without further ceremony
As finally placed Benedlct's bod,
lies alongside of that of Pins ms
before the statue of Queen Christin,
of Sweden.