Word: segura
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...father was a Segura, his mother a Saenz, so they called him (by old Spanish custom) Pedro Segura y Saenz. Little did his parents guess, as they stood beside the font at his baptism some 49 years ago, that their swarthy infant would one day be a great one of the Church. The diocese of Burgos, Spain, saw his birth. Burgos saw him consecrated as its Archbishop. But only a secret consistory of his peers in the Vatican last week saw Pope Pius XI confer on Burgos' Archbishop the red hat of the cardinalate, making him the titular priest...
...Pedro Segura y Saenz, to be archbishop of Toledo and Cardinal; and again asked: "Has anyone anything to say?" Again the cardinals severally raised their red caps in silent & formal assent...
Later in the week took place the public consistory at which Cardinals Rouleau, Binet, Lepicier and Szeredy received the great rolled-brim hats of their princely ranks. (Cardinal Segura y Saenz could not attend in person; will receive his hat at a later date...
...condemned, Luis Segura Vilchis, an electrical engineer, was said by the police to have confessed that he alone conceived and prepared the recent unsuccessful bombing (TIME, Nov. 21) of General Alvaro Obregon, one-armed onetime President of Mexico, and now a candidate for re-election (TIME...