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1621 papal conclave

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248:(November 15, 1621) prescribed that in the future only three modes of papal election were to be allowed: scrutiny, compromise, and quasi-inspiration. His Bull "Decet Romanum Pontificem" (March 12, 1622) contains a ceremonial that regulates these three modes of election in every detail. The ordinary mode of election was to be election by scrutiny, which required that the vote be secret, that each cardinal give his vote to only one candidate and that no one vote for himself. Most of the papal elections during the sixteenth century were influenced by political conditions and by party considerations in the College of Cardinals. By introducing secrecy of vote, Pope Gregory XV intended to abolish these abuses. The rules and ceremonies prescribed by Gregory XV were kept substantially the same until 1509: 1639: 1458: 1537: 1605: 1497: 1485: 1622: 1588: 1656: 1571: 82: 1554: 195:
The conclave began in the evening of February 8. On the next day, Cardinal Borghese tried to elect Campori by acclamation, but failed because many of his friends defected and aligned themselves with Orsini, who had secured French support for his action against Campori. Facing such strong opposition,
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It was generally thought that the next Pope would be the candidate chosen by Cardinal Borghese, because he was the most influential person in the Sacred College. He wanted to elect his friend Cardinal Campori, and already before opening the conclave he had obtained twenty four declarations in his
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The rest of the day the most influential cardinals: Borghese, Orsini, Zapata, Capponi, d'Este and Medici, spent on looking for a compromise candidature. Finally, the leaders of factions agreed to elect aged and ill Cardinal
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Clementine party – It grouped thirteen cardinals of Clement VIII. Formally their leader was Camerlengo Pietro Aldobrandini, nephew of Clement VIII.
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Borghesian party – the faction of Cardinal Borghese, nephew of Pope Paul V. It grouped twenty nine cardinals created by this Pontiff.
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that he would not accept papal dignity in the case of his election. Now, at the age of 78, Bellarmine did not change his mind.
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died on January 28, 1621, in the 16th year of his pontificate. At the time of his death, there were seventy cardinals in the
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Sixtine party – small party of Vice-Chancellor Alessandro Montalto, cardinal-nephew of Sixtus V. It grouped six cardinals.
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and Cardinal Orsini), Borghese was sure that he would be able to achieve his election on the first day of voting, by
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There were three main parties in the Sacred College, with cardinal-nephews of the deceased Popes as leaders:
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and by acclamation elected Alessandro Ludovisi to the papacy. He accepted his election and took the name of
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On that same day, at about 11 o’clock in the evening, all the cardinals assembled in the
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of Bologna, who seemed to have been the ideal candidate for a temporary pontificate.
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Gregory XV. It was the shortest conclave in the seventeenth century.
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De aliquis mutationibus in normis de electione Romani Pontificis
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favor. Although Campori had two significant opponents (
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Papal conclave, 1621
Apostolic Palace
Papal States
Alessandro Ludovisi

May 1605
1623
papal conclave
Alessandro Ludovisi
Paul V
pope
took the name
Pope Paul V
Sacred College
d'Este
Medici
Sforza
Republic of Venice
acclamation
scrutiny
Jesuit
Robert Bellarmine
previous conclave
Capella Paolina
Gregory XV
Aeterni Patris Filius
Pope John Paul II
Universi Dominici Gregis
Vatican History: Konklavechronologie
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