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Conclave Details for Papal Election of 1958
The long Olympic style conclave to elect the pope is described with the ritual onlookers in St. Peter's Square, the locked cardinal apartments, the Sistine Chapel voting, and the smoke signals. It recalls Bonaventure's 1268 suggestion and the historic 1241 conclave brutality, leading to the 1958 outcome.
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Gregory X
Christ On Earth
St. Peter I
St. Peter’s
St. Peter's Square
St. Peter
Jesus Christ
Rome
Antioch
Bonaventure
Celestino IV
Vatican Palace
John
Sistine Chapel
Michelangelo
Vatican Radio
Angelo Giuseppe Cardinal Roncalli
Venice
St. Peter's
John XXII
St. Basilica
Peter's Square