Papal conclave, 1458
The conclave of 1458 was the election meeting of the Cardinals after the death of Pope Calixtus III. and lasted from August 14 1458 to August 19 1458th His choice was Enea Silvio de ' Piccolomini, who called himself Pope Pius II.
History
The College of Cardinals to Konklavebeginn comprised 26 members. Cardinal Domenico Capranica was during the period of vacancy, but before the conclave, died. 8 Cardinals held at the time of the Conclave is not in Rome, so that the conclave only counted 18 participants.
The cardinals of the Conclave had been created by three popes. 7 were from the pontificate of Pope Eugenius IV, 4 from the pontificate of Pope Nicholas V and Pope Calixtus 7 from the pontificate III.
The absolute majority required for election was 9 votes in this conclave. These tried the French Cardinal Guillaume d' Estouteville, who was considered a favorite to reach the first few days without success. Thus was born during the second round of the elections of August 19, 1458 mainly due to the Italian cardinals, Enea Silvio de ' Piccolomini was elected Pope Pius II. Although he received only 6 votes in the election, but were three cardinals in by Akzess, so that he had received the necessary votes to 9.
The events of the conclave Conclave were filmed in the movie.
Participant
- Cardinal Dean: Giorgio Fieschi
- Enea Silvio de'Piccolomini elected to Pope Pius II
- Isidore of Thessalonica
- Johannes Bessarion
- Guillaume d' Estouteville
- Prospero Colonna
- Juan de Torquemada, OP
- Pietro Barbo
- Antonio de la Cerda y Lloscos
- Latino Orsini
- Alain de Coetivy
- Filippo Calandrini
- Luis Juan del Milà
- Jaime de Portugal
- Rodrigo Borja y Borja
- Juan de Mella
- Giovanni Castiglione
- Giacomo Tebaldi
Absent Cardinals
- Pierre de Foix Elder. OFM min
- Peter von Schaumberg
- Dionysius Széchy
- Ludovico Trevisan
- Juan Carvajal
- Jean Rolin
- Nicholas of Cusa
- Richard Olivier de Longueuil