Pope InnocentXII (r. 1691–1700) created 30 cardinals in four consistories. Innocent named twelve cardinals at his first consistory and reserved the names...
trial in Rome during his papacy. Innocent is the most recent pope to not be clean shaven. CardinalscreatedbyInnocentXII Papal conclave, 1691 Papal conclave...
the cardinalscreatedby Gregory XII, thus satisfying the Corraro clan, and appointed Gregory XII Bishop of Frascati, Dean of the College of Cardinals and...
limit of 70 cardinals. In the 1946 consistory, Pius XII, while maintaining the maximum size of the College of Cardinals at 70, named cardinals from China...
new cardinals into the cardinalate in two consistories. In 1681 he named Antonio Pignatelli as a cardinal, who would later become Pope InnocentXII (taking...
Palace. Innocent XIII held two consistories in which he named three cardinals. One of those new cardinals was his own brother, Bernardo Maria. Innocent XIII...
Pope Innocent VII (r. 1404–1406), the third Pope in the obedience of Rome during the Great Western Schism, created eleven new cardinals in one consistory...
Pope Innocent XI (1676–1689) created forty three new cardinals in two consistories: Giambattista Spinola (seniore), governor of Rome – cardinal-priest...
nepotism exhausted the papal treasury, later forcing his successor, InnocentXII, to implement austere measures to restore the papal coffers. Despite...
wealth accumulated by John XXII and Benedict XII had been lost during the extravagant pontificate of Clement VI. Innocent VI economised by cutting the chapel...
Pope Innocent VI (1352–1362) created fifteen cardinals in three consistories. Andouin Aubert, papal nephew, bishop of Maguelonne — cardinal-priest of SS...
one of a dozen men created a cardinalby Pope Innocent IV (Sinibaldo Fieschi) in his first Consistory for the creation of cardinals, on Saturday, May 28...
elevated by Urban VI, two by Boniface IX, and eight byInnocent VII. Four cardinals, one createdby Urban VI, one by Boniface IX and two byInnocent VII,...
was unanimously chosen – by eight cardinals – on 17 October 1404 and took the name of Innocent VII. There was a general riot by the Ghibelline party in...
published until InnocentXII named two cardinals in 1699 whose names were never published. On 26 April 1773, Clement XIV created eleven cardinals in pectore...
military support which never came. Innocent died 6 November 1406, and Roman cardinals elected Angelo Correr as Gregory XII. The suggestion for a church council...
Clement VI (r. 1342–1352) created 25 new cardinals in four consistories: Élie de Nabinal, O.F.M., patriarch of Jerusalem – cardinal-priest of S. Vitale, †...
feared that the cardinals would elect a French pope and return the papacy to Avignon. Consequently, they rioted and laid siege to the cardinals, insisting...
immediate successor, Pope Innocent XIII, and Lorenzo Corsini, who later became Pope Clement XII. The pope also nominated eight cardinals "in pectore", later...
traditionally given by the protodeacon of the College of Cardinals (the senior cardinal deacon in the College) or by the senior cardinal deacon participating...
The College of Cardinals, more formally called the Sacred College of Cardinals, is the body of all cardinals of the Catholic Church. As of 19 April 2024...
VIII (r. 1623–1644) created seventy-four new cardinals in eight consistories. Francesco Barberini, nephew of the Pope – cardinal-deacon of S. Onofrio...
Clement XI (r. 1700–1721) created 69 cardinals in 15 consistories: Francesco Pignatelli, Theat., archbishop of Naples – cardinal-priest of SS. Marcellino...