JAMES CARDINAL GIBBONS - AUTOGRAPH SENTIMENT SIGNED - HFSID 23152
Sale Price $234.00
Reg. $260.00
JAMES CARDINAL GIBBONS
Autograph Sentiment on a 5x2 slip
Autograph Sentiment signed: "Faithfully yours in Christ/James Card.
Gibbons", 4¾x2. James Cardinal Gibbons (1834-1921) was a chaplain at Fort
McHenry during the Civil War, supporting the Union despite having been
raised mostly in New Orleans. He became a bishop in 1868, called "the boy
bishop." Gibbons was Bishop of Richmond (1872-1877) and Archbishop of
Baltimore (1877-1921). He attended the First Vatican Council in Rome
(1869-1870), voting in favor of the doctrine of Papal Infallibility. He wrote
several books, including the influential The Faith of Our Fathers
(1876). He was the first Chancellor of the Catholic University of America
(1887). He worked successfully to secure Papal permission for workers to
join labor unions. H. L. Mencken, often severely critical of Christian
ministers, called Gibbons "a man of the highest sagacity." Paper and adhesive
residue (previous mounting) on verso, minor show-through. Lightly soiled.
Otherwise, fine condition.
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