Giacomo Lercaro
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Giacomo Lercaro was an Italian cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church who served as Archbishop of Ravenna from 1947 to 1952, and Archbishop of Bologna from 1952 to 1968. Pope Pius XII made him a cardin
Photograph by Dmitri Kessel, 1954
Tombstone of Cardinal Lercaro in the San Pietro Cathedral, Bologna
1963 conclave
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A conclave was held from 19 to 21 June 1963 to elect a new pope to succeed John XXIII, who had died on 3 June 1963. It was the last conclave before the introduction of the current 80-year-old age limi
Giacomo Lercaro
…Bologna, he was one of the first members of the Catholic hierarchy to establish a dialogue with the Communists. Generally considered papabile in the 1963 papal conclave closest to the vision of John XXIII, Lercaro, however, was considered too liberal by most of his fellow cardinal electors to be elected; Giovanni…
Paulus VI, from University of Urbino
White smoke from the Sistine Chapel following Paul VI's election
Pope Paul VI appearing on the balcony of St. Peter's Basilica following his election on 21 June 1963