Italy in the nineteenth century and the making of Austria-Hungary and Germany . e in hissick room, till a soldier on guard was persuaded to stay byhim in his last moments, for charitys sake. His death was welcomed by half the population of Rome,for the death of a Pope is generally succeeded by therelease of political prisoners. The prisons were crowded with men belonging to thebest families in the Eternal City, and when it was reportedthat the Pope was very ill, mothers, wives, and sisters werehoping eagerly that he might not recover. The death of Pope Gregory was officially announced bythe us
Italy in the nineteenth century and the making of Austria-Hungary and Germany . e in hissick room, till a soldier on guard was persuaded to stay byhim in his last moments, for charitys sake. His death was welcomed by half the population of Rome,for the death of a Pope is generally succeeded by therelease of political prisoners. The prisons were crowded with men belonging to thebest families in the Eternal City, and when it was reportedthat the Pope was very ill, mothers, wives, and sisters werehoping eagerly that he might not recover. The death of Pope Gregory was officially announced bythe usual ceremonies. The Cardinal Camerlengo, tappingthe corpse three times upon the forehead with a goldenhammer, asked His Holiness a question, and, receiving noanswer, pronounced the Pontiff dead. Then the Popesring of the Fisherman was broken, and it only remained forthe corpse to be embalmed, and lie in state. The Conclave of Cardinals (the word conclave meaningliterally under lock and key) were shut up in the Quirinal,each in his separate cell. They are always thus secluded. POPE PIO NONO. PIO NO NO. 41 till the election of a new Pope has been made. Each daythey take their places upon thrones in the Chapel, and aftermass each cardinal gives in his scroll. In an inner fold hewrites his own name, on the outer fold the name of thecandidate he votes for. Two cardinals, appointed for thepurpose, take the papers and read only the candidatesname. If no candidate has a two-thirds vote the scrollsare burnt up in a certain stove, and. it is by smoke comingout of the chimney of that stove that Rome knows that afresh vote has been taken, and that there is no election. There were fifty-seven cardinals present in this Con-clave ; amongst them were Cardinal Mezzofanti, who knewfifty-six languages or dialects, and Cardinal Mai, whosefame for learning was world-wide, but in general the mem-bers of the Conclave (a few of whom, though Cardinals,were not in priests orders) were indifferent men. T
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