PARK AND CEMETERY. 
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REMARKABLE ARCHBISHOPS’ MAUSOLEUM 
One of the most remarkable mausoleums 
in the world, and the only one of its kind 
in this country, is the elaborate structure 
recently completed in Mount Carmel Cem- 
etery, Chicago, as the last resting place of 
the archbishop of the archdiocese of Chi- 
cago. The structure was in course of erec- 
tion for three years. Prelates and priests 
who were present when Archbishop Quig- 
ley made his inspection of the structure 
predicted that people from all parts of the 
country would visit the place as soon as 
the character of the work became known. 
Aristide Leonori, of Rome, is the architect 
of the structure, and associated with 
him were Giacomo Soznogno, expert in 
mosaic work from Venice, Italy, and Al- 
fonso Marsili, a sculptor from Rome. 
Many rare stones used in the interior work 
were brought from Europe. Elaborate 
scenes worked in mosaic upon the walls 
are replicas of those in the catacombs and 
Roman mausoleums. There are also statues 
of saints, evangelists and apostles. Re- 
cently the remains of Bishop Quarter, the 
first bishop of Chicago, and of the late 
Archbishop Feehan were placed in its 
crypts. 
The exterior of the structure is of 
dressed Bedford stone, and the interior of 
Carrara marble taken from the catacombs 
of Rome. The floor is laid in elaborate 
mosaic designs in Carrara marble. There 
are four immense mural paintings around 
the dome, under the arches and on the 
vaulting of the apses. The paintings rep- 
resent Biblical scenes and are executed 
after the style of those in the catacombs 
of Rome. Surmounting, the structure is 
a life-size figure of. an angel, in bronze, 
and on the door is the bronze coat of arms 
of the bishop. The crypts are of Carrara 
marble, with massive brass trimmings. All 
of the interior work was done by artists 
and arti-ans brought from Italy for the 
purpose. William Gubbins, of Chicago, 
was the local architect. 
The altar is executed in Carrara mar- 
ble with inlaid mosaics and mosaic fig- 
ures representing St. Patrick, St. James 
Apostle, St. Boniface, St. Stanislaus, St. 
Joseph and the Blessed Virgin. Above the 
CENTRAL ALTAR AND MURAL PAINT- 
INGS ON THE DOME OF ARCHBISHOP'S 
MAUSOLEUM. 
cornice are the four paintings. The three 
under the arches are in the style of the 
mortuary paintings of the catacombs of 
Rome; the fourth, on the vaulting side of 
the apses, represents a scene of a Christian 
in a mortuary place. The central ceiling 
of the mausoleum, which covers the por- 
tion between the burial places, is in mosaics, 
forming an ornament around the figure of 
the Lord, representing the center of life 
and the spring of the four rivers which 
end in the four gospels, the source of the 
eternal life, and expressing the resurrec- 
tion symbolized by the history of Jonas. 
The ceiling of the great arch between 
this ceiling and the paintings of the Chris- 
tion agape will also be in mosaic, with the 
coat of arms of the archbishop. On the 
INTERIOR VIEW OF ARCHBISHOP'S MAUSOLEUM, SHOWING CRYPTS. 
