Excerpt from The Life of His Holiness Pope Leo XIII: Together With Extracts From His Pastorals and Encyclicals Joachim Pecci Created a Cardinal. General Nature of the Office. College of Cardinals. Its History. Duties of Cardinals. Celebration at Perugia. Famine. Heroic Conduct. Charitable Measures. Pastoral Letter. Extract. Insurrection at Perugia. The Bishop's Patriotism and Prudence. Perugia Captured by the Revolution. Execution of a Priest. Disorders. Designs of the Revolutionists. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.