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    Pope Paul III (r. 1534–1549) created 71 cardinals in twelve consistories. Alessandro Farnese, iuniore Guido Ascanio Sforza di Santa Fiora Nikolaus von...
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    Azores, diocese created by Pope Paul III in 1534 Cardinals created by Paul III Gamrath 2007, p. 25. "CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Pope Paul III". www.newadvent...
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    Paul II (r. 1978–2005) created 231 cardinals in nine consistories held at roughly three-year intervals. Three of those cardinals were first created in...
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    people of Viterbo. Since Pope Adrian had created no new cardinals, the number of cardinals was twelve; Cardinal Simon de Brion was still in France, serving...
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  • names of some he created cardinals, the first in pectore appointments. A century later, Paul III created Girolamo Aleandro a cardinal on 22 December 1536...
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    escaped execution. Pope Paul III created him Cardinal-Priest of San Vitale on 22 December, 1536; and raised him to the dignity of cardinal-bishop with the Diocese...
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    Pope Benedict XV (r. 1914–1922) created 32 cardinals in five consistories over less than seven and a half years, with a three year gap during the worst...
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    elected; upon the cardinals' electing him, he felt an obligation to say yes. He was the first pontiff to have a double name, choosing "John Paul" in honour of...
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    March 1589), an Italian cardinal and diplomat and a great collector and patron of the arts, was the grandson of Pope Paul III (who also bore the name...
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     2005–2013) created 90 cardinals in five consistories. With three of those consistories he respected the limit on the number of cardinal electors set...
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    Tatars, and the fear of a schism induced the cardinals to agree to an election by compromise. Cardinals Ugolino of Ostia (afterwards Pope Gregory IX)...
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    (r. 1939–1958) created 56 cardinals in two consistories. On both occasions Pius tried to bring the membership of the College of Cardinals to 70, the maximum...
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    group of fourteen new cardinals, with two more kept secret, was announced on 16 January 1893. Nine of Leo's cardinals were created in pectore and only announced...
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    members of the College himself in April. He created one cardinal who later became pope, Pope Paul VI. His cardinals included the first from Japan, Mexico,...
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    Paul III, fifty-one cardinals, including Marcello Cervini, participated at the opening on 3 December 1549. The initial candidates included Cardinals Reginald...
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    without a cardinal-nephew was the exception to the rule. Every Renaissance pope who created cardinals appointed a relative to the College of Cardinals, and...
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    The College of Cardinals, more formally called the Sacred College of Cardinals, is the body of all cardinals of the Catholic Church. As of 28 October 2024...
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    1492–1503) created 43 new cardinals in 9 consistories: Juan de Borja-Llanzol (Llançol) de Romani, papal nephew, archbishop of Monreale – cardinal-priest of...
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    placed in the context of Paul IV's actual persecution of the Jews.[citation needed] Cardinals created by Paul IV "Pope Paul IV (1555-1559)". www.gcatholic...
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  • (1431–1447) created 27 cardinals in six consistories. Francesco Condulmer, nephew of the Pope – cardinal-priest of S. Clemente, then (1445) cardinal-bishop...
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    who was Cardinal of Santa Lucia in Selci from 1545 to his death in 1565. Son of Pier Luigi Farnese, the illegitimate son of Pope Paul III, Farnese was...
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    was elected pope and took the name Alexander III. A minority of the cardinals, however, elected the cardinal priest Octavian, who assumed the name of Victor...
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    vigorously opposed heresies." List of popes from the Borgia family Cardinals created by Callixtus III Route of the Borgias "Anna y Canals. Valencia". palomatorrijos...
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    Pope Sixtus IV (r. 1471–1484) created 34 new cardinals in eight consistories: The new cardinals received their titular churches on 22 December 1471. Pietro...
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    popes were created cardinals by him. His immediate successor, Albino Luciani, who took the name Pope John Paul I, was created a cardinal in the consistory...
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    his abuse of the practice of creating cardinals in pectore, without publishing their names. Eager to raise new cardinals to increase the number who were...
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    and the remains of Pius III and his uncle to the church of San Andrea della Valle in Rome put in a mausoleum created by Cardinal Alessandro Peretti di Montalto...
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  • bishops in the 10th century are known by name, they should not be included in the list of cardinals. Leo – cardinal-priest of S. Susanna, later Pope Leo...
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    and the vice-legateship of Bologna. On 8 April 1549, Pope Paul III made Medici a cardinal, receiving his red hat and titular church title on the following...
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    as Pope John Paul III (born Sir John Brannox), the titular new pope Silvio Orlando as Cardinal Angelo Voiello, Camerlengo and Cardinal Secretary of State...
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