The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-01-22
HOPE FOR LIFE OF
 PONTIFF GIVEN UP
 AFTER MIDNIGHT
Members of Household and Attending Physicians Pres ent at BedsIde--Car-
 dinaIS Called to Rome
By Associated Press

DJ AHsooAnted EKea8
 Rome, January 22.-Pope Rene dfet's death occurred at 6 o'clock this morning.
 The end had been expected foS several hours. The attending physician. Cardinal Gasparra. ana other members of the popess household were present ct fke bedside.
 Froza midnight all hope hmA been abandoned and at 2 o'clock pr. Bnttfatini announced that tho pope could mot live longer than four hours at the maximum.
 Philadelphia. Janunry zl.--Den- nis, Cardinal DOuxherty of phiI- adeiphia. whc has been nsaixinw "a holiday tour of the Caribbean
 sea, today cabIed Father Lamb, his secretary. that he will return to New York and Philadelphia Friday te begin his race to Rome tho following day. The cable came in response to frantic mes- sages Friday night Infornaiux tho cardinal sf tho condition of the pope. and notifying him that the sumnons of nIl cardinals to Rome had been received from Cardinal Gasparrf, papnI secretsry of state.
 Since the receipt oT Eg,e message Father Lamb has made tentative arrangements for the sailing Of Cardinal Dongherty Saturday.
 London. January 22.-The vati-
 ean has officially invited the for
 eAgn cardinals to come to Rome, according to n dispatch to the
 Exchange Telegraph company.
 Giaoonao della Chiesa. the spiritUai head of so0.ooo.o00 Catholics, wa. born of noble line at Pegli. Italy on November 21, 1854. HIS father was the Marchese della Chieea (pro. nounced Keeasa). He received hi. education at the Capronican college and later attended the Academy 9l Ordained t5 the priest hood in 1878, he soon attracted tn. attention of Cardinal Rampolla, who under Pope Leo XIII. was the papa secretary of state. He accompaniet Rampoila to Madrid in 1888 when hi patron was nuncio, remaining ther until 1887, when ho returned to Rom upon the elevation of Rampolla t. the csrdinalate.
 In 1901. after having served fou years as secretary of the nunciatur In Spain, he was appointed secretar. of the Cypher. This position gav It's incumbent considerable authorit, and the same year Monsignor dell Chiesa was named as consultor of th, holy office.
 Notable Pxomotion
 A notable promotion oame to hin on December Is, 1907. when Pop Plus x appointed della Chiesa a archbishop of the Important see o Bologna. to succeed the late Cardi nal SvaInpa- His administration o this office for seven years was char acterized, it Is said, by prudence an, His consecration as al archbishop was performed by Piu honor so unusual that 1t .attracte, worldwide attention. Archbishol della Chiesa was made a cardinal Il May, 1914s less than six months be fore mounting the. throne of St- Pc tors.
 He took his ecclesiastical title iron Pope Benedict XIV. one of the ables pontiffs of the church. who was bori in Bologna on March 3i, 1857. an' died on May 3. l75s.
 Personal Appearance
 Benedict xvs personal appearanc has been described as follows: "l man physically ill-favored. but gift ed with great intelligence; short O stature, specifically thin. with tn right shoulder raised above the left and giving one the impression of ex treme nervousness and weakness. Bu when he raised his head the visitor instinctively felt that they were il tho presence of @ man equipped wttl exceptional intellectual powers an' energy. He reminded one of tn noted poet. Leopardi. With an am pie brow. surrounded by coal. blacl hair. black eyes, lively and psnetrat
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