Eminence, a title given by Urban VIII., in 1631, to cardinals, who up to the period of his pontificate had been called Most Illustrious.
Eminence
Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 4: Dionysius to Friction, p. 329
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Eminence, a title given by Urban VIII., in 1631, to cardinals, who up to the period of his pontificate had been called Most Illustrious.