Sacred College
Britishnoun
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The Sacred College has dwindled to 49 members�24 Italian, 25 non-Italian.
From Time Magazine Archive
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.
From Time Magazine Archive
The Sacred College of Cardinals now has only 42 members, the fewest in a century.
From Time Magazine Archive
For the first time in four centuries the Sacred College of Cardinals had been specially summoned to discuss church affairs.
From Time Magazine Archive
Cardinal Maury took up the suggestion with enthusiasm, and employed all his eloquence to impress the Sacred College with the idea.
From The War Upon Religion Being an Account of the Rise and Progress of Anti-christianism in Europe by Cunningham, Francis A. (Francis Aloysius)
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