I'm not entirely sure, though what other people have replied sounds right. Some other possibilities tha have no source other than, well, me: - 3 is an important number, representing the Holy Trinity, so maybe a 3 X 3 type thing - in the old days, they would have needed to give the Cardinals travel time to get to to the Vatican for the election.
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Date: 2005-04-01 07:40 pm (UTC)- 3 is an important number, representing the Holy Trinity, so maybe a 3 X 3 type thing
- in the old days, they would have needed to give the Cardinals travel time to get to to the Vatican for the election.