The Pope blessing the crowd from his throne as he passed at St Peter ' s . With the Holy Year ending , the Pope Pius XI canonised the Blessed Don Bosco in St Peter ' s , Rome . Don Bosco was the Piedmontese priest who founded the Society of St Francis of Sales . It is calculated that about 88 , 000 pilgrims , speaking 22 languages were present either in St Peter ' s or in the Piazza outside . It is estimated that 300 , 000 people knelt to receive the Papal benediction . Photo shows ; the Pope blessing the crowd from his throne as he passed in procession at St Peter ' s 3 April 1934 30s, 30's, 1930s, 1930's, thirties, nineteen thirties