Their Origin—Donations of Popes—The Cardinals’
Rings—Legacies—Careful Management—Gratuitous Services—Exemption
from Taxes under the Popes—Devotion of the Officials
Employed—Hard Work and Small Pay—Instances—Monsignor
Agliardi—The Cardinal Prefect, Secretary and
Minutanti—Spiritual Advantages, the Chief Reward—Distinguished
Men connected with its present Management.