Sacred College
Britishnoun
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The Sacred College has dwindled to 49 members�24 Italian, 25 non-Italian.
From Time Magazine Archive
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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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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On June 19, the members of the Sacred College of Cardinals, each to be accompanied by one aide, will assemble in the Sistine Chapel.
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In the same way cardinal deacons can pass after ten years to the order of priests, while retaining after their passage the rank in the Sacred College given them by the date of their promotion.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 3 "Capefigue" to "Carneades" by Various
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