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 | | The leading papabile supporter of the Council was seen as Giovanni Battista Montini, Archbishop of Milan, while its main opponent was seen as Giuseppe Cardinal Siri, who in 1958 had been seen as Pius XII's preferred successor. |
 | | As with the 1958 papal conclave, rumours have persisted that Cardinal Siri received the two-thirds required for a valid election, decided he would be called Pope Gregory XVII but had announced "non accepto" (I do not accept), allegedly under pressure. |
 | | Gustavo Cardinal Testa, an old friend of John XXIII, then lost his temper in the Sistine Chapel, demanding that the intransigents stop impeding Montini’s path. |
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