Word: biglietti
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...doors to the hall were opened, and papal messengers delivered biglietti, the formal written notices of elevation to the purple, to the eight new cardinals who were in Rome for the ceremony.* As usual with precedent-cracking Pope John, a certain surprise went with the biglietti. The majority of cardinals are already bishops or archbishops before they receive their red hats; at the consistory the Pope announced that he would raise all twelve of the present cardinals who were not bishops (including two of the new ones) to bishoprics at a special ceremony next month...
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