What the records say
- When
- 20 Mar 1724
- Kind
- Event
- Coordinates
- 41.90° N, 12.46° E
Placed at the coordinates of the event it links, 1724 conclave.
Summary
The 1724 papal conclave opens in Rome, 13 days after the death of Innocent XIII. Starting with 33 electors and eventually having 53, the conclave deliberates for more than two months before selecting a successor.
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- Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Das Konklave 1724 zur Wahl des Nachfolgers des am 7. März verstorbenen Papsts Innozenz XIII. tritt im Vatikan zusammen”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
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