Saint Thérèse of the Child Jesus Mug

Teresa was declared a saint five years and a day after Saint Joan of Arc, but she had far more impact than that of the legendary French heroine. At the time, Pius XI revived the ancient custom of decorating St. Peter's Basilica with torches and tallow lamps. According to one account, "Tallow ropes and lamps were recovered from the dusty warehouses where they had been stored for over fifty-five years. A few older workers who still remembered how the decoration was last done - in 1870 - guided the 300 men work for two weeks as they climbed to tie the lamps in St. Peter's dome." The New York Times devoted its front page to a story about the occasion, entitled "All Rome Admires St. Peter Shining for the New Saint", According to the Times, more