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Pius XII, original name Eugenio Maria Giuseppe Giovanni Pacelli (born March 2, 1876, Rome, Italy—died Oct. 9, 1958, Castel Gandolfo), head of the Roman Catholic church, who had a long, tumultuous, and controversial pontificate (1939–58).
25 October 1958 - 28 October 1958
Elected Pope: John XXIII (St. Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli †); Age: 76.9
Participated:...Count: 51
Unable to Participate:...Count: 2
As happens after the death of every Pope, so too in 1958 the cardinals gathered in the Sistine Chapel in Vatican City to determine who would succeed the late Pius XII, who had died on Oct. 9.
Anyone who goes to a library to research the conclave — or even does some online newspaper searches, as can easily be done nowadays — will discover that something curious happened on Sunday, Oct. 26, the second day of the conclave: White smoke, signaling the successful election of a Pope, poured out of the Sistine Chapel chimney around 6:00 pm that day. Not just a few puffs, as might easily happen at any time as the straw struggles to catch fire, but a great quantity of clearly white smoke, lasting a whole five minutes. ...After five minutes, the smoke started to turn gray [black], and confusion ensued.
News reports confirmed that the [white] smoke was first seen at approximately 5.55 P.M., from which it can be deduced that the election occurred shortly before that time....Then, photo #2 shows the first puff of black smoke, after white smoke had poured out of the stovepipe for five full minutes, clearly indicating that some anomaly had occurred inside the conclave. The second photo also captured an image of the clock over the Pauline Chapel on the façade of St. Peter’s Basilica, which can be seen with its hands at 6 o'clock.
[Ambrogio] Piazzoni told reporters the 15-day rule [of conclave] was established by Pope Benedict XV in 1914.
Ambrogio Piazzoni, vice prefect of the Vatican Library and author of the book, “History of Papal Elections,” told reporters his interpretation of the document is that the 15 days is tied exclusively to the arrival of the cardinals, who could begin the conclave earlier if they were all assembled.
25 October 1958 - 28 October 1958
News reports confirmed that the [white] smoke was first seen at approximately 5.55 P.M., from which it can be deduced that the election occurred shortly before that time....Then, photo #2 shows the first puff of black smoke, after white smoke had poured out of the stovepipe for five full minutes, clearly indicating that some anomaly had occurred inside the conclave. The second photo also captured an image of the clock over the Pauline Chapel on the façade of St. Peter’s Basilica, which can be seen with its hands at 6 o'clock.
Pius XII, original name Eugenio Maria Giuseppe Giovanni Pacelli (born March 2, 1876, Rome, Italy—died Oct. 9, 1958, Castel Gandolfo), head of the Roman Catholic church, who had a long, tumultuous, and controversial pontificate (1939–58).
Elected Pope: John XXIII (St. Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli †); Age: 76.9
Participated:...Count: 51
Unable to Participate:...Count: 2
[Ambrogio] Piazzoni told reporters the 15-day rule [of conclave] was established by Pope Benedict XV in 1914.
Ambrogio Piazzoni, vice prefect of the Vatican Library and author of the book, “History of Papal Elections,” told reporters his interpretation of the document is that the 15 days is tied exclusively to the arrival of the cardinals, who could begin the conclave earlier if they were all assembled.
