The 1534 papal conclave (October 11 – October 13) was convened after the death of Pope Clement VII, and elected as his successor Cardinal Alessandro Farnese...

Papal elections since 1276 have taken the form of conclaves, which are elections that follow a set of rules and procedures developed in Ubi periculum...

Gregory X promulgated the papal bull Ubi periculum on 7 July 1274, during the Second Council of Lyon, establishing the papal conclave, whose rules were based...

The papal conclave lasting from 14 December 1830 to 2 February 1831 resulted in the election of Cardinal Bartolomeo Cappellari, who took the name Gregory...

1740 papal conclave (18 February – 17 August), convoked after the death of Pope Clement XII on 6 February 1740, was one of the longest conclaves since...

The papal conclave held from 24 February to 31 March 1829 to elect a successor to the recently deceased Leo XII resulted in the accession of Cardinal Francesco...

The 1304–1305 papal conclave was initiated after the death of Pope Benedict XI in July 1304. The conclave took place in Perugia, the city in which Benedict...

The papal conclave held from 2 to 6 February 1922 saw the election of Cardinal Ambrogio Ratti on the fourteenth ballot as pope in succession to Benedict...

A papal coronation is the formal ceremony of the placing of the papal tiara on a newly elected pope. The first recorded papal coronation was of Pope Nicholas...

A papal conclave was held from 25 to 26 August 1978 to elect a successor to Paul VI, who had died on 6 August 1978. It was the first of the two conclaves...

The 1492 papal conclave (6–11 August) was convened after the death of Pope Innocent VIII (25 July 1492). It was the first papal conclave to be held in...

The papal conclave held from 31 July to 4 August 1903 saw the election of Cardinal Giuseppe Sarto to become pope in succession to Leo XIII, who had died...

A papal conclave was held from 25 to 28 October 1958 to elect a successor to Pius XII, who had died on 9 October 1958. The cardinal electors assembled...

The papal conclave held from 1 May 1314 to 7 August 1316 in the apostolic palace of Carpentras and then the Dominican house in Lyon was one of the longest...

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The papal conclave held from 18 to 20 February 1878 saw the election of Cardinal Gioacchino Pecci to become pope in succession to the recently deceased...

The 1559 papal conclave (5 September – 25 December) was convened on the death of Pope Paul IV and elected Pope Pius IV as his successor. Due to interference...

The papal conclave held from 14 to 16 June 1846 saw the election of Cardinal Giovanni Mastai-Ferretti as pope in succession to the recently deceased Gregory...

A papal conclave was held from 19 to 21 June 1963 to elect a successor to John XXIII, who had died on 3 June 1963. The cardinal electors assembled in Rome...

The 1565–66 papal conclave (20 December – 7 January) was convened on the death of Pope Pius IV and ended in the election of Pope Pius V. Cardinal Vitellozzo...

The papal conclave held from 31 August to 3 September 1914 saw the election of Cardinal Giacomo della Chiesa to become pope in succession to Pius X, who...

The 1521–22 papal conclave elected Pope Adrian VI to succeed Pope Leo X. The conclave was marked by the early candidacies of cardinal-nephew Giulio de'Medici...

The 1549–50 papal conclave (November 29 – February 7), convened after the death of Pope Paul III and eventually elected Cardinal Giovanni del Monte as...

The 1676 papal conclave was convened after the death of Pope Clement X and lasted from 2 August until 21 September 1676. It led to the election of Cardinal...

The September 1503 papal conclave elected Pope Pius III to succeed Pope Alexander VI. Due to the Italian Wars, the College of Cardinals was surrounded...

The 1669–70 papal conclave (21 December – 29 April) was convened on the death of Pope Clement IX and ended with the election of Cardinal Emilio Altieri...

papal conclave was convened following the death of Pope Innocent X and ended with the election of Cardinal Fabio Chigi as Alexander VII. The conclave...

The 1464 papal conclave (August 28–30), convened after the death of Pope Pius II, elected as his successor cardinal Pietro Barbo, who took the name Paul...

The March–April 1605 papal conclave was convened on the death of Pope Clement VIII and ended with the election of Cardinal Alessandro Ottaviano de' Medici...

The 1591 papal conclave (27–29 October) was held after the death of Pope Gregory XIV on 16 October that year, after less than a year as pope. This left...