The life and acts of Pope Leo XIII. : preceded by a sketch of the last days of Pius IX. and the origin and laws of the conclave (1889)
Keller, Joseph E · New York ; Cincinnati ; Chicago : Benziger Brothers · leaf 256
LIFE OF POPE LEO THE THIRTEENTH. 252 the sacristy, vested himself in the Papal robes, and returning again to the chapel, gave the Cardinals the apostolic benediction for the first time. The Cardi¬ nals kissed his hand and embraced him. Cardinal Schwarzenberg, who had been appointed by his Holi¬… … CARDINAL CATERINI. to kiss his feet. The joy was as great as the mourn¬ ing over the death of Pius IX. had been. Even on the first day of the Conclave, the piazza of St. Peter was crowded with hundreds of persons who came thither to watch for the “ Sfumata,” or smoke issuing from a little chimney…
Leo XIII, Pope, 1810-1903 · Pius IX, Pope, 1792-1878
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