THE POPE'S GOLDEN ROSE.

Ellesmere Guardian, Volume X, Issue 909, 13 May 1891, Page 3

THE POPE'S GOLDEN ROSE.

A great deal is being said m, /the .jjapers^of thjj Pope's Gulden Uose. It has not been presented for two or three years The last heroine who received it was the Queen Regerit of Spain. Three or four years ago it was presented to Mies Caldwell, of Philadelphia (who has ' ," ! since married 1 a French nobleman) m '_[ of per having founded, a. /Roman Ca,thoiio University m ,Washington. The golden rose ia well 1 worth '■: having, if o.nly as a work of art. It is made by a firm of jewellers m Rome who hare had the privilege of making ;; it for many generations. ■; It has several flowers, a thorny branch and leaves, the one principal flower at the top being 7 (Ofcpure gold. The practice of presenting ''*■ it (the Manchester 'Courier s London : correspondent writes) aeems,.to have arisen* m the 13th century, but it is not known which Pope instituted it. Henry VIII; received the roae frbrri three Popes. It was also sent' to his ■ daughter- Queen Mary, by CJniius 111, .. . OJh^ -lust English sovereign to Wceive it >t«s bf Modena, wife of Jpmes II " 'to 'Whom 1 -it was presented when she •was "* ex^ e m France. Napoleon 111. and i^ueen Isabella 11. of Spain also received* this recognition of Papal favour. i