Event
The papal conclave to elect a new pope opens 18 days after the death of Pope Paul IV at the Apostolic Palace in Rome with 47 of the 55 Roman Catholic cardinals…
5 Sep 1559 · 41.90° N, 12.46° E
What the records say
- When
- 5 Sep 1559
- Kind
- Event
- Coordinates
- 41.90° N, 12.46° E
Placed at the coordinates of the event it links, 1559 conclave.
Summary
The papal conclave to elect a new pope opens 18 days after the death of Pope Paul IV at the Apostolic Palace in Rome with 47 of the 55 Roman Catholic cardinals present. The conclave lasts 101 days before a successor to Pope Paul is elected.
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- Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributorsCreative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Das Konklave 1559 tritt zusammen”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
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