Event
The conclave opens with 42 of the 56 Roman Catholic cardinals to choose a successor to Pope Marcellus II, who had died on May 1.
15 May 1555 · 41.90° N, 12.46° E
What the records say
- When
- 15 May 1555
- Kind
- Event
- Coordinates
- 41.90° N, 12.46° E
Placed at the coordinates of the event it links, May 1555 conclave.
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- Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Im zweiten Konklave 1555 wird Gian Pietro Carafa als Paul IV. zum Papst gewählt”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
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