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21Papal conclave, 1549–1550 — The papal conclave from November 29, 1549 to February 7, 1550, which was convened after the death of Pope Paul III, was the second longest papal conclave of the 16th century, and (at the time) the largest papal conclave in history in terms of the …
22Papal conclave, 1758 — The Papal conclave, May 15 – July 6, 1758, convoked after the death of Pope Benedict XIV, was the conclave that elected Cardinal Carlo Rezzonico of Venice, who under the name of Clement XIII became 248th pope of the Catholic Church. List of… …
23Court (royal) — Royal court redirects here. For other uses, see Royal court (disambiguation). For alternative meanings of the word court , see: Court (disambiguation). The court of a monarch, or at some periods an important nobleman, is a term for the extended… …
24Papal conclave, 1721 — The Papal conclave March 31 – May 8, 1721, convoked after the death of Pope Clement XI, was the conclave that elected to the Papacy Cardinal Michelangelo de Conti, who took the name of Innocent XIII. List of participants Pope Clement XI died on… …
25Court of First Fruits and Tenths — First Fruits and Tenths First Fruits and Tenths was a form of tax on clergy taking up a benefice or ecclesiastical position in Great Britain. The Court of First Fruits and Tenths was established in 1540 to collect from clerical benefices certain… …
26Papal curia — the central government of the Western church (Latin curia = court) …
27Prince Assistants to the Papal Throne — The Prince Assistants to the Pontifical Throne are hereditary offices of the Roman Curia. They date from the early sixteenth century, and survived the reform of the Prefecture of the Pontifical Household in 1968. Today the only hereditary posts… …
28Origins of the Papal Tiara — Pope Innocent III (1198 1216) in early papal tiara, Fresco at the cloister Sacro Speco, about 1219. The origins of the Papal Tiara remain somewhat clouded in mystery. The word tiara itself occurs in the classical annals to denote a Persian… …
29Decoration of the Papal Tiara — Close up of the papal tiara of Pope Paul VI housed at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, DC From the 15th century when the papal tiara received its third and final tier, the decoration of papal tiaras… …
30List of papal tiaras in existence — The Papal Tiara is the crown of the papacy. For over one millennium all popes were crowned with a tiara in a Papal Coronation. Though the last pope to be crowned was Pope Paul VI in 1963 it remains one of the key symbols of the papacy, and… …
