The 1572papalconclave (May 12–13), convoked after the death of Pope Pius V, elected Cardinal Ugo Boncompagni, who took the name Gregory XIII. Pope Pius...
and later papal bulls; observance of the conclave varied until 1294, but all papal elections since have followed relatively similar conclave procedures...
A papalconclave took place from 25 to 28 October following the death of Pope Pius XII on 9 October 1958. On the eleventh ballot, the College of Cardinals...
A papalconclave was held from 19 to 21 June 1963 to elect a successor of John XXIII, who had died on 3 June 1963. The cardinal electors assembled in Rome...
The papalconclave held on 25 and 26 August 1978 was the first of the two held that year. It was convoked to elect a successor to Paul VI, who had died...
In the papalconclave held from 14 to 16 June 1846, Giovanni Maria Mastai Ferretti, Bishop of Imola, was elected on the fourth ballot to succeed the recently...
The papalconclave held from 24 February to 31 March 1829 to elect a successor to the recently deceased Leo XII resulted in the accession of Cardinal Francesco...
The papalconclave held from 31 July to 4 August 1903 saw the election of Cardinal Giuseppe Melchiorre Sarto to become pope in succession to Leo XIII,...
The papalconclave held from 18 to 20 February 1878 saw the election of Vincenzo Pecci, who took the name Leo XIII as pope. Held after the death of Pius...
In the papalconclave held from 8 to 16 May 1605 Cardinal Camillo Borghese was elected to succeed Leo XI as pope. Borghese took the name Paul V. This was...
The 1492 papalconclave (6–11 August) was convened after the death of Pope Innocent VIII (25 July 1492). It was the first papalconclave to be held in...
A papalconclave was held from 31 August to 3 September 1914 which elected Giacomo della Chiesa to succeed Pius X, who died on August 20, as pope. Della...
1504 – 1 May 1572), born Antonio Ghislieri (from 1518 called Michele Ghislieri), was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 7...
as a place of both religious and functionary papal activity. Today, it is the site of the papalconclave, the process by which a new pope is selected...
his vote on a plate atop a large chalice placed on the altar. For the Papalconclave, 2005, a special urn was used for this purpose instead of a chalice...
The January 1276 papalconclave (January 21–22), was the 1st papalconclave. held under the rules of constitution Ubi periculum issued by Pope Gregory...
Boncompagni, was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 13 May 1572 to his death in April 1585. He is best known for commissioning...
The 1623 papalconclave was convened on the death of Pope Gregory XV and ended with the election of Cardinal Maffeo Barberini as Pope Urban VIII. It was...
The 1484 papalconclave (August 26–29) elected Pope Innocent VIII after the death of Pope Sixtus IV. At the death of Sixtus IV, the conclave of cardinals...
The 1769 papalconclave (15 February – 19 May), was convoked after the death of Pope Clement XIII. It elected as his successor Cardinal Lorenzo Ganganelli...
The papalconclave held from 2 to 6 February 1922 saw Cardinal Achille Ratti elected to succeed Benedict XV, who had died on 22 January 1922. It took fourteen...
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