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A FRESCO OF SIGNORELLI 375
“Did you see anything else? ”
“The fifth thing I saw depicted in the painting
was the monks and priests piled up on a big bonfire
and burned.
“And the sixth and last thing I saw was the
Devil whispering in Antichrist’s ear, and
suggesting to him how he was to act and speak.”
“ What did you think when you saw that? ”
“I said to myself: ’That Signorelli is not mad;
he is a prophet. Antichrist will certainly come in
the likeness of Christ and make a paradise of the
world. He will make it so beautiful that the people
will forget heaven. And it will be the world’s
most terrible temptation.’ ”
“Do you understand now,” said the pope, “that
there was nothing new in all that you told me?
The Church has always known that Antichrist
would come, armed with the virtues of Christ.”
“ Did you also know that he had actually come,
Holy Father?” asked Father Gondo.
“Could I sit here on Peter’s chair year after year
without knowing that he has come ? “ said the pope.
“ I see starting a movement of the people, which
burns with love for its neighbor and hates God. I
see people becoming martyrs for the new hope of a
happy earth. I see how they receive new joy and
new courage from the words i Think of the earth,’
as they once found them in the words ’ Think of
heaven.’ I knew that he whom Signorelli had
foretold had come.”
Father Gondo bowed silently.
“ Do you understand now wherein you did wrong ?”
“Holy Father, enlighten me as to my sin.”
The old pope looked up. His clear eyes looked
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