The picture shows Pope Leo XIII sitting on his throne surrounded by other pictures relevant to his life (clockwise): St Thomas Aquinas as this Pope introduced the revival of Thomistic theology when in 1879 he established the Pontifical Academy of St Thomas Aquinas; his papal insignia being carried by two cherubins; Our Lady of the Rosary since he favoured great devotion to this prayer and became known as the Pope of the Rosary; an archangel probably Michael to whom Pope Leo wrote a prayer; the Lateran apse as it was during his pontificate that it was renewed; a drawing depicting his sacerdotal consecration, the Pontifical Lazzaretto as during the fifth cholera epidemic in Rome in 1891 he ordered the building of a hospice in the Vatican for all those affected; and a picture of a nun with the Holy Eucharist in her hand since Pope Leo XIII wrote several encyclicals about the Eucharist.
The colourful postcard depicts the statue of the Immaculate Conception, surrounded with pink roses, found at the Lourdes Grotto in France. Around this statue there are depicted 15 mysteries of the Holy Rosary - the Joyful Mysteries: the Annuncation, the Visitation (to Her cousin, St Elizabeth), the Nativity, the Presentation (of the Child Jesus in the Temple) and the Finding (of the lost Child Jesus) in the Temple; the Sorrowful Mysteries: the Agony in the Garden of Getsemane, the Scourging at the Pillar, the Crowning with Thorns, the Carrying of the Cross and finally the Crucifixion and Death of Christ; The Glorious Mysteries: the Rising from the death, the Ascension into Heaven, the Receipt of the Holy Spirit, the Assumption, and the Coronation of the Blessed Virgin Mary as Queen of Heaven and Earth. Below the statue of the Immaculate Conception, there is a banner indicating the years of the first centenary - 1858 and 1958 and at the very bottom of the postcard, one finds a photo of the Basilica and its surroundings in Lourdes dedicated to the Immaculate Conception.
Up to the end of 1902, the registry number of files began and ended with the term of office of each Governor. These volumes pertain to when Lord Gerald Strickland was the Chief Secretary to Government.
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