Evening star., 1946-03-09
GIennon
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mails of the Roman Catholic Church
to So.
The tall, white-haired prince O
the church, archbishop for AZ years
had stopped at Fire en- route home
from the consistories, to visit mem.
bers of his family and officials. HI
had been guest at the home OF
President OKelly since he arrived
Monday.
He was taken ill Tuesday and his
condition took turn for the worse
yesterday when uremia set in.
The broad-brimmed, low-crownec
red hat which he received during
the consistories will be displayed
again, little more than two weeks
after it was conferred by Pope Plus
XII. The red hat never is actually
worn by cardinal. It is held over
his head by the pontiff on the day
it is conferred, and is displayed
again at his funeral Cardinal
Glennon's red hat will be on view
while his body lies in state and dur
ing the pontifical requiem mass in
his honor
The cardinals body lay in state
today in the Presidents mansion,
where flags of the United States,
Fire and the Papal State few at
half staff.
With him when he died were
President and Mrs. O'Kelly, Msgr.
John P. Cody, chancellor of the ST.
Louis diocese; Commodore AlphonSe
MacMahon, U. S. N. r., the cardinals
personal physician; the Rev. Philip
OConner of St. Louis, and two nuns,
Sister Anatasia and Sister Mary
Rose of Bon Secours nursing sisters.
Commodore MacMahon had been
at the cardinals side since he left
for the papal consistory.
Commodore MacMahon, who
was an associate professor of
internal medicine at st. Louis
University before he entered the
Navy four years ago, was chief
of medicine at Bethesda Naval
Hospital until last November. He
is now assigned to the Bureau of
Medicine and Surgery and has
been on leave to accompany
Cardinal Glennon to Rome as
his personal physician. Com
modore MacMahon lives at TIT
Hampton lane, Bethesda)
De Valera Visits Mansion.
News of the death spread slowly
through the Irish capital, but amsng
the first to hasten to the great man
sion was Premier Eamon de Valera.
With head bowed, the Premier ap-
peared greatly affected.
David Gray, American Minister
who attended receptions in Cardinal
Glennon's honor Monday and Tues
day nights, also called to express his
condolences.
AS news of the cardinals death
spread through this predominantly
Catholic city, flags began to appear
at half staff over public buildings
and in front of business houses.
In Dublin a little knot of per-
sons gathered in Phoenix Park op-
posite the residence of President
O'Kelly to watch as the automobiles
of numerous diplomatic and govern
ment officials swung into the broad
driveways.
Died in Historic Bedroom.
The Irish-American churchman
died in one of the state bedrooms
of the great mansion, which, during
the years Ireland was under British
rule, was the residence of the lords
lieutenant of Ireland
Members of the cardinals family
In Ireland hastened to his bedside
last night.
Cardinal Glennon was ailing
slightly when he left home, suffer-
ing from a mild case of bronchitis
which weakened him and pre-
vented his following the custom of
prostrasing himself before the Pope
at the tonsistory in ST. Peters.
The prelate passed into a semi
coma last night and doctors vir-
tually gave up hope at that time
OF saving his life.
At 6 pm. yesterday, Msgr. Cody
anointed the cardinal and gave him
papal benediction. Msgr. Patrick
Dunno, vicar general of the arch
diocese of Dublin, administered
viaticum.
Physicians said the cardinal
spent a quiet night" but Ibis
breathing became difficult" about
8 am, less than an hour before his
death.
The cardinals death occurred
within a few miles of his birthplace
in the village of Kinnegrad, in
Westmeath County.
1rish-born John Joseph Glennon
won attention from the Vatican for
well as a spiritual leader to become
the first American cardinal west of
the Mississippi River.
One of the church's outstanding
orators, he also achieved success as
builder in his st. Louis arch
diocese.
One of his notable accomplish
ments was the erection of the mag
nificent st. Louis Cathedral, started
in 1907 and completed at cost of
100000. Four cardinals and So
bishops and archbishops were pres
ent at the dedication of the struc-
ture in 1926.
His elevation to the cardinalate
at the age of 83, announced by Pope
Plus XII on December %, long had
been predicted. But he said he had
been too busy with affairs of his
archdiocese to speculate in advance
as to whether he was to receive the
honor. But you know how people |
are" he added with a twinkle in
his eye, there had been gossip"
Early Desire to Be Priest.
For more than half a century
Cardinal Glennon, who was widely
known for his ringing pronounce
ments on current questions, ap-
neared as a fr0ninent f7c1Ire If