Giant of Northern Ireland peace Hume laid to rest in small service

FILE PHOTO: John Hume's coffin is carried into St Eugene's Cathedral in Londonderry, Northern Ireland August 4, 2020. REUTERS/Lorraine O'Sullivan

LONDONDERRY, Northern Ireland (Reuters) - Northern Ireland peacemaker John Hume was remembered for his unshakeable commitment to non-violence at a small funeral on Wednesday where the pope, former U.S. President Bill Clinton and fellow Nobel Laureate, the Dalai Lama, sent messages of support.

Hume, the Roman Catholic architect of the 1998 Good Friday peace agreement that ended 30 years of sectarian violence, was credited with dragging a British region convulsed by bloodshed to the negotiating table. He died on Monday aged 83.