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• Papal Consistory —     Papal Consistory     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Papal Consistory     I. DEFINITION     During the Roman imperial epoch the term consistorium (Lat. con sistere, to stand together) was used to designate the sacred council of the emperors. In… …   Catholic encyclopedia

• Papal Constitutions —     Papal Constitutions     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Papal Constitutions     (Latin constituere, to establish, to decree.)     Papal Constitutions are ordinations issued by the Roman pontiffs and binding those for whom they are issued, whether… …   Catholic encyclopedia

• Papal conclave, October 1978 — Dates October 14–October 16, 1978 Location Sistine Chapel, Apostolic Palace, Vatican City …   Wikipedia

• consistory — [kən sis′tə rē] n. pl. consistories [ME consistorie < OFr < L consistorium, place of assembly, council < consistere: see CONSIST] 1. a) Obs. a meeting place for a council or court b) the meeting of a council 2. a) …   English World dictionary

• Papal Oath (Traditionalist Catholic) — The Papal Oath is an oath (see text below) that some Traditionalist Catholics say was taken by the popes of the Catholic Church, starting with Pope Saint Agatho, who was elected on 27 June 678. They claim that over 180 popes, down to and… …   Wikipedia

• Papal election, 1292–1294 — The papal election from April 5, 1292 to July 5, 1294 was the last papal election which did not take the form of a papal conclave. After the death of Pope Nicholas IV on April 4, 1292, the eleven surviving cardinals (a twelfth died during the… …   Wikipedia

• Papal election, 1277 — The papal election from May 30, 1277 to November 25, 1277, convened in Viterbo after the death of Pope John XXI, was the smallest papal election since the expansion of suffrage to cardinal priests and cardinal deacons, with only six cardinal… …   Wikipedia

• Papal conclave, August 1978 — The Papal conclave of August 1978, the first of the two conclaves held in the year 1978, was convoked after the death of Pope Paul VI on August 6 at Castel Gandolfo. After the cardinal electors assembled in Rome, the conclave to elect Paul s… …   Wikipedia

• Papal election, 1198 — The papal election of January 8, 1198 was convoked after the death of Pope Celestine III; it ended with the election of Cardinal Lotario dei Conti di Segni, who took the name Innocent III. In this election for the first time the new pope was… …   Wikipedia

• Papal conclave, 1769 — A papal conclave which lasted from February 15 to May 19, 1769 was convoked after the death of Pope Clement XIII. It elected as his successor Cardinal Lorenzo Ganganelli, who took the name Clement XIV. Death of Clement XIII Clement XIII died… …   Wikipedia