Sacred College
Britishnoun
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With measured tread, the Sacred College advances down the two long aisles in a swirl of scarlet and incense.
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"Beyond those already listed," said John, "we have nominated as members of the Sacred College three other illustrious personages whose names we reserve to ourselves in pectore."
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He found no takers, but several Italian newspapers bought his material after the Pope's death, and the angered Sacred College of Cardinals banned Galeazzi-Lisi from the Vatican.
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The new cardinals will raise the Sacred College to 103, highest total in history, and contribute further to the internationalization begun by Pius XII.
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Not long before its dissolution in 1736, three of the Order were in the Sacred College together—Tolomei, Eienfuegos and Salerno.
From Letters From Rome on the Council by D?llinger, Johann Joseph Ignaz von
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