One of them, Pope Nicholas II, set new rules for the selection of a new pope: He was to be elected by an assembly of cardinals. Later, a two-thirds majority was specified for election. Popes also ...
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Papal elections aren't always as dramatic as 'Conclave,' but the history behind the process is, says historianTo salvage the electoral system from internal and external chaos, Pope Nicholas II decreed in 1059 that popes should be selected by men of the cloth—namely, cardinal-bishops. Up to then ...
In 1059, Pope Nicholas II decreed only cardinals would primarily elect the pope, laying the groundwork for the formal role of the College of Cardinals. This shift marked the beginning of a more ...
Born in about 1100, he became Pope for four and half years in 1154. Nicholas Breakspear was the son of an educated but poor man. He was a Saxon and was not admitted to the Abbey at St Albans a few ...
For me that day was April 8, 1994, when Pope John Paul II celebrated a Mass in the Sistine ... A 15th-century defense tower built by Pope Nicholas V houses a very 20th-century bank.
In 1059, Pope Nicholas II decreed only cardinals would primarily elect the pope, laying the groundwork for the formal role of the College of Cardinals. This shift marked the beginning of a more ...
Born in about 1100, he became Pope for four and half years in 1154. Nicholas Breakspear was the son of an educated but poor man. He was a Saxon and was not admitted to the Abbey at St Albans a few ...
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