Sacred College
Britishnoun
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The Sacred College has dwindled to 49 members�24 Italian, 25 non-Italian.
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Last week he did both by announcing that he intends to create 35 new cardinals�the largest number ever named at one time�thereby raising membership in the Sacred College to an alltime record of 136.
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Paul made the Sacred College in his own image, and he shunned the extremes.
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The death of Dell'Acqua, one of the Pope's closest aides, was the second in the Sacred College of Cardinals within a month and the fourth this year, reducing its number to 116.
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Before 1630 the members of the Sacred College were “Illustrissimi” and “Reverendissimi.”
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 3 "Electrostatics" to "Engis" by Various
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