cardinalate

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Renouncing the rights of the cardinalate is especially rare.

From Washington Post

In the one-sentence announcement, the Holy See said only that Francis had accepted Becciu’s resignation as prefect of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints “and his rights connected to the cardinalate.”

From Seattle Times

Pope Francis accepted his resignation from the cardinalate and has ordered his suspension from the exercise of any public ministry.”

From Seattle Times

About the middle of the century, the merits of the Inquisitor Nicholas Roselli earned him the cardinalate.

From Project Gutenberg

He was transferred to the see of Paris in 1671, he was nominated by the king for the cardinalate in 1690, and the domain of St Cloud was erected into a duchy in his favour.

From Project Gutenberg