Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-01-23

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| Alongside the wall during the day
! prelates recited the rosary. Ere
| quently one would go to the bedside.
kneei and pray. and rising, bend over
| the pontiff's body and kiss his hands,
| feet and head.
| On that side of the bed from which
| the windows overlook St Peter $
square, there stood a group of prelates
! and papal attendants. The papal court
already were dressed in MEDIEVAL garbs
of yellow and blue with their helmets
surmounted by plume, added a white
ruff to their collars.
Then. late in the afternoon. in gor-
geous procession composed of palatine
guard. gendarmes. the Swiss guard.
secret chamberlains and honorary
| chamberlains. the body was solemnly
transported down the royal staircase.
| through Clementine hail into the
/ throne room. where it was placed on a
raised catafalque before which the
whole diplomatic corps paid devout
reverence.
Gasparri invokes the Dead
The sacristian sampini gave absolu
| tion and the cardinals sprinkled holy
water. while the penitentiaries chanted
prayers, answered by the kneeling on
lockers Immediately afterward the
doors were opened to the multitudes
desirous of looking for the last time
on the departed pontiff.
The sacred congregation convened
Sunday morning. when the cardinals
were Informed of the pope's death.
With the exception of Cardinal Gas
parr, the papal secretary of state,
they gathered in Benedict's private
apartment. Gasparri. in due and
guard in full dress and accompanied
by the prelates and acolyte of the rev.
erend apostolic chamber. entered the
apartment few minutes later He
will administer the holy see during the
interregnum.
Cardinal Gasparri. surrounded by
the cardinals. then proceeded to verify
the death of Benedict. extending over
crying 8lt 'Giaconsp. Giacomo.
Giacomo."
He opened the certificate of death
and declared:
"Dominus papa noster mortuus est.
fnuS HuVuuUC}uS OitIiHtif tiS poPS
death,
Pizzardo Saw Last Gasp
On leaving the pontifical chambers.
Cardinal Gasparri. still escorted by the
Swiss guard descended to the first
floor, where the sacred congregation
convened. commencing its deliberations
at 10 o'clock.
The official and semi official Vatican
organs give 6 o'clock as the time of the
pope's death and the Rome newspa-
ners do likewise Cardinal Pizzardo.
In describing the last moments. said
to the Associated Press correspondent.
who was the only American newspaper
representative admitted to the ante.
chamber:
when the end was near / was called
from my chamber and hurried quickly
to the pontiff's bedroom. That was
few minutes before 6. | saw the holy
father breathe his last. As the other
prelates knelt beside the silent and
Iifeless form, | asked that | might
toll the news to the press. there
upon hurried to the ante-chamber,
where several newspaper men were
awaiting events. and informed them
that the pope had died
The cardinal was asked at what hour
death occurred and replied:
Exactly Mt this minute
Al 400 Bells Toll
At this moment the bells Of st. Pc
ter's struck the first stroke Of 6
o'clock.
Then. one by one, the bells In Rome's
400 churches joined in the horologic
symphony that marked the passing of
the pope.
The end came after an entire night
OF tense agony and suffering, the pom
tiff now and then lapsing into delirium.
Shortly before midnight he took little
which momentarily re-
vived his spirits. but within an hour
he began to sink rapidly. At LIS
o'clock Dr. Battistini told the American
Press correspondent the end was ap-
that already his hands and
nose felt cold.
From that period the pope neared
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