In pectore (Latin for 'in the breast/heart') is a term used in the Catholic Church for an action, decision, or document which is meant to be kept secret...

created 231 cardinals in nine consistories held at roughly three-year intervals. Three of those cardinals were first created in pectore, that is, without...

et reservati in pectore. A cardinal named in pectore is known only to the pope. In the modern era, popes have named cardinals in pectore to protect them...

non-Catholic states in Europe. Twice he was offered a bishopric and twice he refused. On 21 March 1825, Cappellari was created cardinal in pectore (published 13...

Pope Pius XI and one name, that of the German Adolf Bertram, reserved in pectore for three years. With Europe at war, Pope Benedict created six cardinals...

and literature started centuries before the beginning of Latin literature in ancient Rome. A B C D E F G H I L M N O P Q R S T U V full References Peter...

since 1439. In 1880, the pope named three cardinals "in pectore", announcing them in 1882 and 1884. In 1882, he named another cardinal in pectore, announcing...

in pectore in the consistory of 1979 by Pope John Paul II. When that consistory occurred the press almost generally believed Kung was the in pectore cardinal...

Mexican-born Archbishop Vincent Benítez of Kabul, whom the pope named cardinal in pectore the previous year. Lawrence opens the deliberations with an impromptu...

created cardinal in pectore, remarkably receives one vote despite not being known to the other cardinals until his unannounced arrival in Rome for the conclave...

created in pectore and only announced at a later consistory. Those announced at his first consistory included his brother Giuseppe Pecci. In 1893, he...

seventy that Pope Sixtus V established in 1586. The pope also reserved three additional cardinals "in pectore" in 1960 which meant he secretly named cardinals...

their titular churches and deaconries. Of the two cardinals he created in pectore, he revealed the name of Štěpán Trochta on 5 March 1973, and at the same...

Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 9 August 1471 until his death in 1484. His accomplishments as pope included the construction of the Sistine...

František Tomášek and Joseph-Marie Trịnh Như Khuê "in pectore" in 1976, only announcing the former in 1977 and the latter at the 1976 consistory itself...

office in centuries, although there had been calls for a Palestinian patriarch since the 1950s. When in 1998 the Pope named two cardinals in pectore, Margaret...

that has often been exceeded. Cardinals may be created in pectore (lit. 'in the breast'), in which case the pope does not reveal their identities; they...

in his place. In the March 1816 consistory, the former bishop of Saint-Malo Gabriel Cortois de Pressigny was among the cardinals created in pectore in...

titular archbishop of Petra, nuncio in Portugal (in pectore published on 2 July 1832) – cardinal priest of S. Croce in Gerusalemme (received the title on...

Pope Gregory XVI – on 13 March 1826. In addition, Leo XII nominated three cardinals whom he reserved "in pectore" but later revealed. For the December...

place. In that 1542 consistory, according to Conradus Eubel, the pope is said to have reserved an undefined number of other cardinals in pectore. During...

datary in the Roman Curia from 1938 until his death, and was elevated to the cardinalate in 1933 in pectore (published 1935) by Pope Pius XI. Born in Antrodoco...

the Henry Benedict Stuart (1747). The pope also reserved one cardinal in pectore and revealed that name at a later time, therefore validating the creation...

to 88 in January 1961. He named three additional cardinals in pectore, that is, secretly, but did not reveal their names before his death. In 1962 he...

Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 9 March 1513 to his death in December 1521. Born into the prominent political and banking Medici family...

consistory, by naming Adolf Bertram as a cardinal "in pectore", Benedict XV hoped not to provoke any negativity in his selection from the Allies, particularly...

was elevated to the cardinalate in pectore in 1933. Born in Grotte di Castro, Carlo Salotti attended the seminary in Orvieto before going to Rome, where...

1620 Pope Gregory XV created him Cardinal in pectore, he was publicly proclaimed Cardinal-Priest of S. Lorenzo in Panisperna on 11 Jan 1621. He was appointed...

duke o Lorraine (created in pectore, published on 30 August 1627) – cardinal-deacon without the title; resigned the cardinalate in March 1634, † 27 January...

sunt et tota in pectore capitis officia gerunt, nisi quod oculos in humeris habere dicuntur". XVII, 5 : est etiam in Brixonte insula in homines sine qua...