The Room Of Tears Secret

He was elected pope at age sixty five in 1878 and is supposed to have cried that he was too old to be elected and that he would surely die.

The room of tears secret.

The room of tears or the the crying room is where the newly elected pontiff changes from his cardinal s red robe to the papal white. It s just a few feet away from the sistine chapel but most importantly it s where a newly el. Concerns around political interference led to reforms after the interregnum of 1268 1271 and pope gregory x s decree during the second council of lyons. During his grim exile he did manage to get off one of the greatest lines in papal history.

In the room of tears there was also a stole worn by pius vi s successor pius vii.