Important note regarding the typo in the caption above: The "October 21" is an obvious misprint from the context of the Breig pamphlet and from all the other reports published about this phenomenon from Italy to Ireland to the USA; the conclave began on October 25, 1958, and the white smoke rose from the Sistine chimney for the first time at 5:55 PM on October 26, 1958. So the date in this caption should read, "October 26."

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