Papal conclave, 1447

The conclave of 1447 was the election meeting of the Cardinals after the death of Pope Eugene IV and lasted from March 4, 1447 to March 6, 1447th His choice was Tommaso Parentucelli who called himself Pope Nicholas V.

History

The College of Cardinals to Konklavebeginn comprised 26 members. However, of these eight Cardinals did not participate in the election, so that the electoral college actually comprised 18 members. This was held in the Dominican convent Sopra Minerva in Rome. The election of Pope Nicholas V took place on the morning of March 6, 1447 and was generally considered a surprise.

The required two-thirds majority for election claimed 12 votes.

Participant

  • Cardinal Dean: Giovanni Berardi di Tagliacozzo
  • Tommaso Parentucelli
  • Francesco Condulmer
  • Prospero Colonna
  • Domenico Capranica
  • Niccolò d' Acciapaccio
  • Giorgio Fieschi
  • Johannes Bessarion
  • António Martinez de Chaves
  • Jean Le Jeune de Macet
  • Guillaume d' Estouteville
  • Juan de Torquemada, OP
  • Ludovico Trevisan
  • Pietro Barbo
  • Alonso de Borja
  • Enrico Rampini
  • Juan Carvajal
  • Giovanni de Primis OSB

Absent Cardinals

  • Juan Cervantes
  • John Kemp
  • Isidore of Thessalonica
  • Pierre de Foix Elder. OFM
  • Zbigniew Oleśnicki
  • Henry Beaufort
  • Peter von Schaumberg
  • Dyonisius Széchy

Literary Aftermath

The death of Pope Eugene IV and the election Pope Nicholas V in the conclave of 1447 are described in Barbara Goldstein's historical novel The Ring of Solomon.

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