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Sacred College

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noun

  1. the collective body of the cardinals of the Roman Catholic Church

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Under the remonstrances of the Sacred College, however, Gregory’s ire subsided sufficiently to allow him to renew the letters and to enable the envoy to depart unscathed.

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At Night the Pope and the Sacred College assisted at the Miserere, which was sung in the great Chapel with Instrumental Music.

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The Division of the Sacred College, who could not agree in the Choice of a Pontiff, was the Cause of his Advancement.

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Out of the forty-six Cardinals of the Sacred College thirty-five repaired to Venice.

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There is no point the non-Italian Episcopate with the foreign Cardinals and the Great Powers, are so united upon as throwing open the Curia and the Sacred College to foreigners.

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