PRESIDENT OF ITALY
Historic Visit By Pope (NZP.A.-Reuter—Copyright) ROME, May 11. Pope John today visited President Antonio Segni, of Italy, at the Quirinal Palace, the latter’s official residence. It was the first time a Pontiff had called on a president of the 17-year-old Republic and it was only the second visit made by a Pope to an Italian head of state, Pius XII having visited King Victor Emmanuel 111 on December 28, 1939. Pope John was returning a visit paid by President Segni to the Vatican yesterday when the Pope received the Balzan Peace Prize. Immediately before the Pope’s visit four Balzan prizes for science and art were conferred at the Quirinal Palace, once the summer home of popes. The recipients were the American historian Samuel Eliot Morison; the Germanborn composer, Paul Hindemith; the German zoologist, Karl von Frisch; and the Soviet mathematician, Andrei Kolmorogorov, The Pope looked much better in health than he had in the last few days, and addressed 500 guests in a strong, calm voice.
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Press, Volume CII, Issue 30130, 14 May 1963, Page 10
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