Evening star., 1934-03-19
THREE NEW SAINTS
CREATED BY POPE
Joint Canonization Rites
Are Attended by Many
From U. S.
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
VATICAN CITY, March 19.-The
bells of almost 500 Roman churches
rang out in announcement of the
creation of three new saints today
two of them well known to Catholics
of the United States and Latin Amer
lea, and the third particularly dear to
italians.
The ceremony of the joint canoni-
zation came to a climax in st. Peters
before a congregation including hum
dreds of American pilgrims, when
Pope Plus pronounced the solemn
Latin words ordering the names of
the blessed Teresa Margherita Redi,
Pompilio Maria Pirrotti and Giuseppe
Benedetto Cottolongo inscribed in the
catalogue of the saints.
Many of the devout pilgrims who
Joined in the te deum of welcome for
the newly sanctified were from the
United States, where the Order of
Carmelite Sisters to which st. Teresa
belonged In life has rs chapters.
Enters on Portable Throne.
Also close to the hearts of these
latter pilgrims was st. Pompilio, one
time confessor of the Schools of
ScoIopii, an organization represented
by Institutes in Buenos Aires, Ha-
vana, Mexico City and other Latin
American cities.
Their first glimpse of the Pontiff
in one of the most brilliant ceremonies
known to the Vatican brought an
added reverential thrill to most of the
Americans in the basilicia. His holi-
ness began the canonization accord
ing to custom by entering the ca
thedral in the sedia gestatoria, or
portable throne
The ritual of canoniZation required
three cardinals to approach the
Pope-now enthroned near the CEN
trail altar-and petition to declare the
blessed trio of saints. The request
is repeated three times. Twice the
Pope instructed them that it would
be necessary to pray for guidance.
Special prayers and the litany of
saints were recited. After the third
request the Pontiff rose and, donning
his tiara, pronounced the words that
made them saints.
At the offertory of the mass which
followed three cardinals, in token of
gratitude for mis- action, gave the Pope
a keg of wine, one of water, several
large loaves of bread and cages con-
tanning pigeons, doves and small birds.
Became Nun at Is.
st. Teresa's short life on earth was
q strong factor in her special appeal
for the pilgrims gathered to revere
the trio today. She was born the
daughter of a knight in Arezzp, Italy,
in 1747, and died % years later in
the Carmelite Convent of Florence.
She became a nun at 18, after she
had satisfied parents and superiors
alike that several girlhood visions had
come direct from heaven. Postulators
for her cause for beatification said
her face and hands retained the natal
taint Of life after painful death of
a stomach ailment in ITO. They
said her body has remained lifelike
and apparently untouched by death
until the present day. The young
saint Is buried in the chapel of the
Carmelite Convent in Florence.
Apostolic and educational work oc-
cupied the lifetime of ST. Pompilio
Born in Montecalvo. near Naples, in
ITO, much of his life work was de-
voted to the pount people of the
Abruzzi. He is credited by postulators
with numerous lifetime and post
death miracles. He was beatified on
these grounds in 1890.
st. Giuseppe lived from 1885 to
1912 and was known from his earliest
childhood for his sanity leanings He
was ordained a priest at the age of
16. Miracles of healing have been
attributed to him by the Vatican Con-
gregation of Rites and the Pope. He
was beatified in 1917.