TRENT ONCE AGAIN AN ITALIAN CITY.

New Zealand Tablet, 6 March 1919, Page 29

TRENT ONCE AGAIN AN ITALIAN CITY.

The victory of the Italian Army has restored to the ; land of Italy the very interesting city of Trent, which fills so large a place in the ecclesiastical history of the sixteenth century. Here was held the important (Ecumenical, Council -of Trent under the decree and legislation of which the whole Catholic world has lived, during well nigh four centuries. Trent has all the character of an Italian city, unaltered through its century of Austrian domination. At the very entrance of the city a colossal green-bronze statue of Dante attracts attention. The grandeur of the figure, and its noble attitude against the magni-

ficent background of the near circle of mountains enhance its majesty to a degree unequalled elsewhere. The ecclesiastical head of Trent is a Prince-Bishop; the present incumbent is Most Rev. Monsignor Endrici. The red marble Church ,of Santa Maria Maggiore is associated with the memory of the Council of Trent, as in it were held several sessions, including the last of the Council, which met at intervals from 1545 to 1553. An inartistic painting representing the Council in Session is in the organ gallery of this church. It contains the portraits of fathers ,of the Council. The Castle, a noble construction, with a grandiose circular bastion, bears the name of the Castle of Good Counsel.