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![Latin Patriarch of Constantinople, Cardinal Basilios Bessarion](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/Johannes_Bessarion_aport012.png/89px-Johannes_Bessarion_aport012.png)
- ... that the beard of Greek cardinal Basilios Bessarion (pictured) was partly responsible for the defeat of his candidacy in the papal conclave of 1455?
- ... that the cardinals were not allowed to serve simultaneously as residential bishops until the pontificate of Alexander III?
- ... that according to legend, Fabian was selected as pope because a dove landed on him?