Event

1621 conclave

9 Feb 1621 · 41.90° N, 12.46° E

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When
9 Feb 1621
Kind
Event
Coordinates
41.90° N, 12.46° E
Description
Papal Conclave of 1621: Pope Gregory XV succeeds Pope Paul V, as the 234th pope.

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1621 conclave

Election of Catholic Pope Gregory XV

The 1621 papal conclave held from 8 to 9 February 1621, Cardinal Alessandro Ludovisi was elected to succeed Paul V as pope. Ludovisi took the name Gregory XV. It was the shortest conclave in the seventeenth century.

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