Saturday, August 21
Random Cardinalatial Facts from an Interesting Website
On the title Eminence:
On the title Eminence:
The title Eminentissimus, 'Your Eminence,' was one of the titles of the Byzantine Emperor and thence passed to the Holy Roman Emperor, from which it afterward passed to leaders in his court. Apparently at Richelieu's suggestion, Urban VIII on June 10, 1630 restricted it to cardinals, who until then were usually entitled 'most illustrious' and 'most reverend,' to the three ecclesiastical Electors of the Holy Roman Empire,42 and to the Grand Master of the Knights of Malta, who bears the title to this day, the only layman so honored.And on betting on the outcome of papal elections (G-Money, take note! Hah.):
On 21 March 1591 Gregory XIV banned all betting on papal elections, the length of the pontificate or the creation of cardinals."I read elsewhere the penalty was (or is?)excommunication. Ouch.
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