Pope Pius XI is elected on the Papal conclave's fourteenth ballot

When

6 Feb 1922

Kind

Event

Coordinates

41.91° N, 12.46° E

Description

Pope Pius XI is elected on the Papal conclave's fourteenth ballot.

Placed at the coordinates of the event it links, 1922 conclave.

Election of Catholic Pope Pius XI

A conclave was held from 2 to 6 February 1922 to elect a new pope to succeed Benedict XV, who had died on 22 January. Of the 60 members of the College of Cardinals, all but seven attended. On the fourteenth ballot, the conclave elected Cardinal Achille Ratti, the archbishop of Milan. After accepting his election, he took the name Pius XI. During his first appearance on the main loggia of St.

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