Show FAMOUS ABBEY I GERMANY Among Its Yon Are Many M Who Bore Titles of Nobility Pal Mal Gazette The pope ha received re-ceIved In prIvate auience the able of the famous abbey ot Benzon at Sekau in Germany one of the best known and mot celebrated monasterIes monaster-Ies especially because of the high sta ton of the monks who are gathered there Ihe abbe spoke separately and I In detail of each of hIs dependent I brother monks and Leo XI heard wIt Interest of their welfare The monks of the abbey include Prince Philip or HOhenlole who has bidden a definite adIeu to the world Father Charles under which name Is con coaled the Identity of a brilliant ex cavalry ofcer belonging to ar illustrious illus-trious house Prince Edward Schon burgHartenstein Father Benedict Father SebastIan once a major In the Saxon army bearing the name of Baron von Oer Father John who was Baron von Drls and ran away from the court of Baden to embrace this ca 7 < reer Father Nicholas who was Baron von SalsSogUo Father Hldebrand who before assuming the cowl and gown was a brave captain by name Count de lemptnne and many other too numerous to mention The Abbey Sackau is situated among the mountains of St lerark in 8 I thick wild forest and In 30 years has I brought together Benedictine monks I beonging to the best known families celebrated Jor nobl or riches or i distinguished in the arts This monastery mon-astery where the rules are mcst rigorous I rigor-ous was founded over 30 years ago by two brother Haunts and Placldus Woler of Cologne two learned monks sent by Pius IX to Prussia to reorganize reor-ganize the tnnsreries the which were degenerating Theplous Princess Catherine or Hohenzolern offered them the ancient abbey ot BenzoI to establish estab-lish a new house which care into cx Istence In lS6 round the two broth era there son gathered literary men and artists especially frem Dusseldorf in love with the splendor of the Black Forest who here continued their work I lO that there is now an artistic school of Benson which may be sId to rival b the famous one of the Italian abbey at Monte Casino But at Benon they not only go in for the higher arts but they I r selves make and provide everthing for them |