All 49 Uses of
Sistine Chapel
in
Angels & Demons
- Not to mention, the greatest treasures were architectural-the Sistine Chapel, St. Peter's Basilica, Michelangelo's famed spiral staircase leading to the Museo Vaticano-priceless testaments to man's creative genius.†
Chpt 31-32
- Cardinal Mortati gazed up at the lavish ceiling of the Sistine Chapel and tried to find a moment of quiet reflection.†
Chpt 33-34 *
- The cardinals are convened in the Sistine Chapel.†
Chpt 35-36
- Langdon nodded, vaguely recalling that before conclave the cardinals spent two hours inside the Sistine Chapel in quiet reflection and visitations with their fellow cardinals from around the globe.†
Chpt 35-36
- And they are inside the Sistine Chapel.†
Chpt 35-36
- The Apostolic Palace is a conglomeration of buildings located near the Sistine Chapel in the northeast corner of Vatican City.†
Chpt 39-40
- If I am not mistaken, the cardinals are now safely within the Sistine Chapel, and your security concerns are at a minimum until the conclave breaks.†
Chpt 39-40
- "Camerlegno," the caller gloated, "ask your commander if all your cardinals are present in the Sistine Chapel."†
Chpt 41-42
- "Signore," Olivetti whispered in the camerlegno's ear, "it is true that four of our cardinals have not yet reported to the Sistine Chapel, but there is no need for alarm.†
Chpt 41-42
- Not only was the Sistine Chapel starting to feel like a sauna, but conclave was scheduled to begin in twenty minutes, and there was still no word on the four missing cardinals.†
Chpt 41-42
- It was once in a lifetime, usually never, that a cardinal had the chance to be elected Supreme Pontiff, and by Vatican Law the cardinal had to be inside the Sistine Chapel when the vote took place.†
Chpt 41-42
- Even though the camerlegno was the church's ranking official, the camerlegno was only a priest and had little familiarity with the complex election process, so one cardinal was selected to oversee the ceremony from within the Sistine Chapel.†
Chpt 41-42
- The evacuation of the College of Cardinals from the Sistine Chapel is the worst possible thing you could do right now.†
Chpt 43-44
- "In addition," Olivetti said, "the Sistine Chapel is a fortress.†
Chpt 43-44
- Stand on the altar of the Sistine Chapel and lie to the College of Cardinals?†
Chpt 43-44
- Langdon, I am due in the Sistine Chapel in four minutes.†
Chpt 45-46
- Even from up here he could hear the rumble of activity in the Sistine Chapel below-the uneasy chatter of 165 cardinals.†
Chpt 47-48
- He could see the great bronze door of the Sistine Chapel now, dutifully protected by four Swiss Guards.†
Chpt 47-48
- Despite the soft glow of candlelight in the Sistine Chapel, Cardinal Mortati was on edge.†
Chpt 67-68
- The doors to the Sistine Chapel had been sealed, as was the custom, with two heavy chains on the outside.†
Chpt 67-68
- Far away, in Vatican City, Cardinal Mortati carried another tray of ballots to the Sistine Chapel chimney.†
Chpt 81-82
- Have both he and his camerawoman meet me outside the Sistine Chapel.†
Chpt 87-88
- Inside the Sistine Chapel, Cardinal Mortati had begun praying for a miracle.†
Chpt 91-92
- Sitting in the Sistine Chapel among his stunned colleagues, Cardinal Mortati tried to comprehend the words he was hearing.†
Chpt 93-94
- To the utter astonishment of the cardinals, the camerlegno had entered the Sistine Chapel with two BBC reporters-a man and a woman-and announced that they would be transmitting his solemn statement, live to the world.†
Chpt 93-94
- Inside the Vatican, Gunther Glick was walking on air as he followed the camerlegno from the Sistine Chapel.†
Chpt 95-96
- Any word from Olivetti?" the camerlegno asked, looking drained as Rocher escorted him back from the Sistine Chapel to the Pope's office.†
Chpt 99-100
- Inside the Sistine Chapel, Cardinal Mortati was getting restless.†
Chpt 109-110
- The cardinals were still locked in the Sistine Chapel.†
Chpt 113-114
- Still in the Sistine Chapel!†
Chpt 113-114
- The College of Cardinals bristled with ebullience and electricity as they streamed back into the Sistine Chapel.†
Chpt 127-128
- We await his arrival in the Sistine Chapel.†
Chpt 127-128
- At the back of the Sistine Chapel, Cardinal Mortati stood in a daze as he watched the pandemonium before him.†
Chpt 127-128
- In the hallway outside the Sistine Chapel, Vittoria Vetra sat benumbed on a bench at the foot of the Royal Staircase.†
Chpt 129-130
- It is God's will!" someone was yelling, his voice echoing in the Sistine Chapel.†
Chpt 129-130
- As the Swiss Guard helped him down the Royal Staircase toward the Sistine Chapel, the camerlegno heard singing in St. Peter's Square and he knew that mountains had been moved.†
Chpt 129-130
- As the guards unbolted the door of the Sistine Chapel, Camerlegno Carlo Ventresca felt the power moving in his veins …. exactly as it had when he was a boy.†
Chpt 129-130
- Camerlegno Carlo Ventresca stood in the aisle of the Sistine Chapel.†
Chpt 131-132
- And so it was that Camerlegno Carlo Ventresca held his head high as he walked toward the front of the Sistine Chapel.†
Chpt 131-132
- The voice that broke the silence was the voice of the only woman in the Sistine Chapel.†
Chpt 131-132
- His shouts echoed off the back wall of the Sistine Chapel and then a profound silence fell.†
Chpt 131-132
- Inside the Sistine Chapel, the camerlegno stood unwavering as he spoke.†
Chpt 133-134
- Camerlegno Ventresca's white robe billowed as he moved down the hallway away from the Sistine Chapel.†
Chpt 133-134
- Oh, what terror he had felt in the Sistine Chapel, wondering if God had forsaken him!†
Chpt 133-134
- Three minutes had passed in the chaotic hallways outside the Sistine Chapel, and still nobody could locate the camerlegno.†
Chpt 133-134
- Mortati was alone as he crossed the Borgia Courtyard toward the Sistine Chapel.†
Chpt 135-136
- The midmorning sky still hung heavy with clouds as the Sistine Chapel's chimney gave up its first faint puffs of white smoke.†
Chpt 135-136
- Glick glanced over his shoulder at the roof of the Sistine Chapel behind him.†
Chpt 135-136
- He gave the camera a solemn stare as the white smoke rose behind him from the Sistine Chapel.†
Chpt 135-136
Definition:
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(Sistine Chapel) private chapel of the popes in Rome and location of famous Michelangelo frescos (built in the 15th century)