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 275
LIFE OF POPE LEO THE THIRTEENTH. 27: shadowed by Michael Angelo’s terrible “ Last Judg¬ ment,” with its mighty and muscular figures, was an altar-piece in tapestry representing the fitting subject of Christ giving the keys to Peter. The floor of the chapel was covered with fine green baize, and the… … CARDINAL WISEMAN. Papal Chapel brought a handful of flax attached to a gilded rod, and having presented it to a master of cere¬ monies, the latter knelt, and extending the rod, burnt the flax in presence of the Holy Father, pronouncing at the same time in a grave and solemn tone : Pater Sancte, sic…
Leo XIII, Pope, 1810-1903 · Pius IX, Pope, 1792-1878
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