 In his second consistory on 12 January 1953 , it was expected that his closest co @-@ workers , <unk> . Domenico Tardini and Giovanni Montini would be elevated and Pius XII informed the assembled cardinals that both of them were originally on the top of his list , but they had turned down the offer , and were rewarded instead with other promotions . The two <unk> of 1946 and 1953 brought an end to over five hundred years of Italians constituting a majority of the College of Cardinals . 
