Word: viterbo
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Conclave. Once kings and nobles, the lower clergy, even the Italian populace, helped elect Popes. In 1180 Pope Alexander III restricted the right to Cardinals alone.* Century later, when Cardinals meeting in Viterbo took nearly three years to elect a Pope, an indignant populace locked them up, deprived them of all food except bread and water. Hence the word conclave, meaning "with...