Word: biglietto
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...this week are an elaborate series of ceremonies taking place over a four-day period. First comes a secret consistory at which the Pope recites to the old cardinals the names of those he proposes to elevate. The cardinals nod their assent. Immediately, messengers fan out to deliver the biglietto-the letter informing each cardinal-elect of his elevation (tradition demands that he feign surprise on receiving the letter). Two days later the new cardinals join the Pope at an "intimate" consistory, during which he hands each one the scarlet biretta. Then comes a public consistory, at which...
Later in the day, Vatican messengers, who once carried their news on fast horses, climbed into black Cadillacs and Fords to bring the biglietto di nomina (ticket of nomination) to each nominee...
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