Geschrieben: 2015-02-04 07:58:05 in #zanzibar
"In the Middle Ages, cardinals would often vote for a random candidate on the first papal ballot in order to see how the other cardinals were leaning, but in 1334 this backfired when they all voted for the same person: the very surprised Pope Benedict XII. - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_Benedict_XII#Fournier.27s_accession_to_the_Papacy