Evening star., 1934-04-01
POPE WILL NAME
DON BOSCO SAINT
Canonization Will Feature
Easter Ceremonies Be.
fore Thousands.
BY the Associated Press.

VATICAN CITY, March 3l.-A new
saint will be named and Pope Plus
XII will appear before thousands of
devoted followers tomorrow as Rome
observes Easter Sunday In q surge
Of religious zeal.
The Pope will appear in st. Peters
plaza in pontifcal procession as part
Of the ceremonies for the canoniza-
ton Of Don Giovanni Bosco, cele-
brated social service worker of the
nineteenth century.
dress in Latin exaltins the virtues of
Don Bosco Crown Prince Humbert
will represent his father, King Vic
tor Emanuel.
viii Impart Benediction.
After the canonization the Pontiff
will impart the apostolic benediction
to the crowd in the plaza from the
central balcony Of the basilica.
Ten thousand foreigners, almost
half of them from the Western Hemi-
sphere. will witness the canonization
and the procession. These pilgrims
have been co\ing to Rome during
the past month from every quarter
of the globe to attend closing rites
of the Holy year.
Argentina. Brazil and the other
South American countries where there
are many chapters of Don Boscos
Salesian Order. sent 5000 pilgrims in
chartered steamers. Other hundreds
came from the United States and
Central America. Special trains from
Spain, France, Germany. Belgium and
the Central European states have
added their thousands.
Won Fame During Life.
Don Bosco was born in the town
of Becchi. near Turin in 1915. He
died in 1888 His life as a boy and
priest was spent in the Diocese of
Turin. But his work in vocational
training for boys received world
wide attention and fame even dur
ing his lifetime.
He founded the Salesian Order in
1868, 26 years after opening his first
Salesian house for boys. The order
now has hundreds of chapters and
thousands of representatives spread
over the surface Of the globe.
His Holiness himself will open the
ceremonies by appearing in glittering
pontlflcal procession. He will emerge
into the plaza from the bronze door
at the left Of the cathedral.
Trumpets to Sound.
Six silver trumpets will herald the
approach of the Pontiff. who will be
borne aloft according to custom in
the "sedia gestatoria," or portable
throne.
After the rite OF canonization the
papal train will then move to the
balcony overlooking the plaza. There
loud speakers will carry His Holiness
words of benediction to those devoted
souls who have been unable to crowd
into the basilica.
Vatican officials expect maximum
congregation for the ceremonies. Last
Easter an estimated 100000 jammed
the plaza and $4,000 the cathedral.
The holy door will be walled up
Monday by Pope Plus. assisted by
cardinals and other prelates. The
pontiff will wear an apron for this
work and use mason's trowel.
Once closed. it will not be opened
until the next holy year. scheduled
for 1850.
Mondays ceremony will begin at
about IL o'clock with the formal pro-
cession Of the Pope into ST. Peters.
Its first part will consist of the ado
ration Of the relics Of Christ's passion,
death and resurrection.
The second will concern the walling
up Of the holy door. The Pope him.
self will start this work by taking
mortar with a trowel. placing it on
the door sill of the holy door and lay
ing three eilded bricks thereon.
Each of the l,250.000 pilgrims who
came to Rome during the holy year
has passed through this portal.