The question of the right of Italy to the Cenacolo," or Room of the Last Supper, in Jerusalem, is still unsettled. It may be remembered that after the armistice the Sultan jrerounced all claims to the ''Cenacolo" in favour of the King of Italy, as being the rightful heir of the kings of Naples, the old possessors of the Holy Place. Representations were made. to the British Government by the Italian with a view to obtaining a confirmation of the cession. The Foreign Office referred the matter to the High Commission-ey for Palestine, Sir Herbert Eamuel, who decided that it must come up for decision by the mixed religious commission: created: by the Treaty of Sévres to decide on the disposition of contested Holy Places, The Italian claim is based on the grant of the Holy Place in the year 1333 to Robert of Anjou and his consort Sancta by the Sultan of egypt and Damascus. For a long time the custody of the ''Cenacolo'" was entrusted to the Italian Franciscan monks.
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