On this day in 1914, Our Most Holy Father, Pope (later Saint) Pius X died in the odour of sanctity.
Sancte Pie Decime, Gloriose Patrone, ora pro nobis!
Trivialities
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Goethe, *Italian Journey*, Sept. 17, 1786 (Verona; tr. W.H. Auden and
Elizabeth Mayer):
The Church of San Giorgio is like an art gallery. All the pictures...
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