Event
After more than four months, the papal conclave to elect a successor to the late Pope Clement IX selects Cardinal Emilio Altieri with 56 of the 59 votes
29 Apr 1670 · 41.90° N, 12.46° E
What the records say
- When
- 29 Apr 1670
- Kind
- Event
- Coordinates
- 41.90° N, 12.46° E
Placed at the coordinates of the event it links, 1669–1670 conclave.
Summary
After more than four months, the papal conclave to elect a successor to the late Pope Clement IX selects Cardinal Emilio Altieri with 56 of the 59 votes. Altieri, 79 years old at the time, remains the oldest person ever to be elected pope. He announces that he will take the name of Pope Clement X in honor of Clement IX, who had made him a cardinal. He serves for six years until his death in 1676 shortly after his 86th birthday.
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- Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Emilio Altieri wird nach vier Monaten vom Konklave 1669–1670 im Alter von 80 Jahren zum Papst gewählt und nimmt den Namen Clemens X. an”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
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