Excerpt from Historical Records and Studies, Vol. 9 Bologna is kwn as a cardinalitial see. Since 1582 nearly all its archbishops have been cardinals. Pius X, however, had little regard for such precedents unless the occupants of such see were men of eminent virtue and ability, and this speaks well for the exceptional merit of Mgr. Della Chiesa. Bologna was also the birthplace of Popes: Horius II, Lucius II, Alex ander V, Gregory XIII and Incent IX. 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 techlogy 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.