Event
Eleven days after the death of Pope Paul II
6 Aug 1471 · 41.90° N, 12.46° E
What the records say
- When
- 6 Aug 1471
- Kind
- Event
- Coordinates
- 41.90° N, 12.46° E
Placed at the coordinates of the event it links, 1471 conclave.
Summary
Eleven days after the death of Pope Paul II, the papal conclave begins in Rome with 18 of the 25 cardinals present. On the initial vote, with 12 needed to win, Basilios Bessarion of Greece gets six, and Guillaume d'Estouteville of France and Niccolò Fortiguerra of Italy receive three each.
The source
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