Word: persichetti
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1926-1926
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Soon afterward, His Holiness married his niece, Louise Ratti, to Marquis Eduardo Persichetti, Secretary to the Nicaraguan legation to the Vatican, onetime Chamberlain of the Cape and Sword under Popes Benedict XV and the present Pius. Marriages officiated by the Pope are very rare. His Holiness presented the bride with four artistic bookcases, each containing 25 volumes, which he had selected himself, pertaining to the duties of a Christian wife and mother. After the nuptials, His Holiness delivered an address, in which he deplored modern laxity in customs and dress. The newly married pair and a few special guests were...
...Pope's niece, Contessa Ratti, whose marriage to Marquis Eduardo Persichetti Ugolini of the Nicaraguan legation is to be celebrated, in October, recently asked her potent uncle to perform the ceremony. The Pope has not yet said whether he will...