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  2. Pope Sixtus V - Wikipedia

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    Sixtus V died on 27 August 1590 from malaria. The pope became ill with a fever on 24 August which intensified the following day. As Sixtus V lay on his deathbed, he was loathed by his political subjects, but history has recognized him as one of the most important popes. On the negative side, he could be impulsive, obstinate, severe, and autocratic.

  3. March–April 1605 papal conclave - Wikipedia

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    In 1586, Pope Sixtus V mandated that the maximum number of cardinals would be seventy. [9] Of this seventy, the College of Cardinals had sixty-nine members at the time of Clement VIII's death but only sixty of these were present for the opening of the first conclave of 1605, and sixty-one electors were present for the election of Leo XI.

  4. Cardinal electors for the May 1605 papal conclave - Wikipedia

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    In 1586, Pope Sixtus V had mandated that the maximum number of cardinals be seventy. [4] Of these, the College of Cardinals had sixty-nine total members at the time of Clement VIII's death. [ 5 ] [ 6 ] Following Leo's election, Girolamo Agucchi had also died on 27 April, the same day as Leo, reducing the total number of cardinals in the College ...

  5. Cardinals created by Sixtus V - Wikipedia

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    Alessandro Peretti di Montalto (1571-1623), made a cardinal on May 13, 1585.. Alessandro Peretti di Montalto, grand-nephew of the Pope – cardinal-deacon of S. Girolamo degli Schiavone (received the title on 14 June 1585), then cardinal-deacon of S. Maria in Cosmedin (20 April 1587), cardinal-deacon of S. Eustachio (11 September 1587), cardinal-deacon of S. Lorenzo in Damaso (13 March 1589 ...

  6. Apostolic Chancery - Wikipedia

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    After Pope Martin V had instituted a large number of offices in the Cancellaria, Pope Sixtus V placed many of them in the class of "vacabili", i. e. venal offices (a practice also of secular courts, e. g. those of France, even under the absolutist King Louis XIV).

  7. Immensa aeterni Dei - Wikipedia

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    Immensa aeterni Dei ("The immeasurable [wisdom of] the eternal God") is an apostolic constitution in the form of a papal bull issued by Pope Sixtus V on 22 January 1588. The constitution reorganized the Roman Curia , establishing permanent congregations of cardinals to advise the pope on various subjects.

  8. Sacred Congregation of Rites - Wikipedia

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    The Sacred Congregation of Rites was a congregation of the Roman Curia, erected on 22 January 1588 by Pope Sixtus V by Immensa Aeterni Dei; it was divided into two separate congregations by Pope Paul VI on 8 May 1969.

  9. Apostolic Signatura - Wikipedia

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    The honourable office of referendary came to be conferred frequently as a merely honorary title, but Pope Sixtus V put a limit on their number, and Pope Alexander VII combined the limited number of voting referendaries into a college, assisted by the simple referendaries, who had only a consultative position.