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Papal conclave April 1555
Dates and location
5–9 April 1555 Apostolic Palace, Papal States
Key officials
Dean
Giovanni Pietro Carafa
Camerlengo
Guido Ascanio Sforza di Santa Fiora
Protopriest
Robert de Lenoncourt
Protodeacon
Francesco Pisani
Election
Ballots
1
Elected pope
Marcello Cervini degli Spannochi Name taken: Marcellus II
← 1549–50
May 1555 →
The April 1555 papal conclave (April 5–9) was convoked after the death of Pope Julius III. Cardinals at the conclave generally grouped themselves into three major factions, according to their alignment with the French House of Valois, the Hapsburgs, or Italian states that remained independent of both major Catholic powers. After preparing a conclave capitulation that compelled whichever cardinal was elected pope to maintain neutrality in European wars, cardinals from the Holy Roman Empire joined in supporting the French faction's candidate, Cardinal Marcello Cervini. Cervini was elected Julius's successor, and chose to maintain his baptismal (birth) name as his papal name, becoming consecrated as Marcellus II.
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