Word: borgongini
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...into the Pope's apartment, placed upon a candlelit table. Vested in rose garments, Pius XI prayed over the Rose, incensed it, poured balsam and musk into a tiny cup in its centre. The Golden Rose will be presented to Italy's Queen after Easter by Monsignor Borgongini Duca, Papal Nuncio to Italy...
...Monsignor Spellman's side stood his two assistant consecrators, Monsignor Francesco Borgongini Duca, Apostolic Nuncio to Italy, and Monsignor Giuseppe Pizzardo, Secretary of the Sacred Congregation for Extraordinary Ecclesiastical Affairs. A choir sang. As Monsignor Spell man approached, it hushed; the assistant consecrators bowed slightly. Petitioning that Monsignor Spellman be made a bishop, Monsignor Borgongini Duca gave to Cardinal Pacelli the apostolic mandate. Then the Cardinal began to catechize the priest who had once been an assistant to his secretariat. Catechized, Monsignor Spellman was assisted up the steps to the altar, where he kissed the episcopal ring...
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