Show CARDINAL JACOBINI Career of the Prelate Who Helped Bismarck Bis-marck Win His last Victory LudovicoJacobini who died a few days ago at Rome and to whom Bismarcks success at the late elections is so largely due was born at Albano middle Italy May 6 1832 and was therefore not quite 55 years old at the time of his death He was early distinguished for learning and after graduating the Col legio Romano received in rapid succession the degrees of doctor of theology and doctor of civil and canon law In 1862 when but 30 years of age Pope Pius appointed him one of the domestic prelates and soon after he was made a censor of the Roman Theological academy a very high honor indeed only conlerrfa on those m who have for at I least six years proved themselves ace o m plished in discussion of theological theo-logical subjects His thorough reading read-ing on the decrees k and ordinances of S the provincial synods syn-ods led to his being be-ing appointed consul 4 con-sul t o r especially charged with the CARDINAL JACOBS duty of examining and reporting upon those records In 1807 he also served as member of the commission com-mission which was charged with the I duty of arranging the business to be brought before the Vatican council During all these years he was chiefly known as a scholar and ardent controversialist specially familiar with the history of local branches of tho church and particularly the eastern and German branches But in 1874 he was suddenly called to an entirely new field in which he won those honors by which he is best known to Americans In that year Mgr Jacobini was named as papal nuncio to the court of Vienna on the ground that he had all the knowledge of east en affairs to fit him for the place combined with the courtesy of a diplomat the skill of a politician and a loyal devotion to the church Tiie highest encomiums were justified by his success He reached Vienna when the party in power there was bringing forward laws relating bringng lating to the confessional and other matters severely restricting what were claimed c the rights of the church yet he succeeded in extracting all their harsher features from these laws securing the good will of n he met and placing the Vatican add Austrian court on the most friendly foot ing He also negotiated with Russia and secured cured from Bismarck important concessions for the Catholics in Prussia On Sept 19 1879 he was created a cardinal and in 1S80 was made papal oretary of state by Leo XIII His Eminence Ludovico Jacobini cardinal priest of the Holy Roman church as his full title now ran was probably the object of more general interest than any other member of the conclave concave |