Image: MarrydelValpacelli
Description: Cardinal Merry del Val and Milenko Vesnić signing the Concordat between the Holy See and Serbia on June 24, 1914 (only a few days before the outbreak of the July Crisis). Left to right: Eugenio Pacelli (at this time Secretary of the Congregation of Extraordinary Ecclesiastical Affairs and true designer of the agreement), Rafael Merry del Val (Vatican Secretary of State), Nicola Canali (his private secretary), Mons. Dionigi Cardon (1865-1928, Provost of Taggia, Liguria, Vatican's negotiator in Belgrade), Milenko Radomar Vesnić (Special Minister of Serbia). Missing on the right (cut off): Lujo Bakotić (Serbian diplomatic agent). The wall portrait shows Pope Pius X who died a few month later.
Title: MarrydelValpacelli
Credit: Vatican photo
Author: "G.<iuseppe> Felici, fotografo papale" (1839-1923)
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