Papal conclave, 1471

The conclave of 1471 was held from 6th to 9th August 1471, after Pope Paul II died on July 26, 1471.

Conduct of the election

Election capitulations

As in previous conclaves and 1471 such as the move away from nepotism and the convocation of a council were summoned by the Cardinals election promises. The Chosen, Francesco della Rovere, but when Pope Sixtus IV both promise was not complying then: He convened only three months after his election two of his nephews cardinals, a council did not take place during his tenure.

The election of Sixtus IV

The conclave began on August 6 in the Vatican. Three days later, the Franciscan Francesco della Rovere was elected, who called himself Pope Sixtus IV. Cardinal della Rovere was previously known as astute theologian and powerful preacher.

The participating cardinals

When Pope Paul II died, was the Sacred College of Cardinals 25. Of them, 18 took the following the conclave in part:

  • Guillaume d' Estouteville, Archbishop of Rouen, Cardinal Dean
  • Latino Orsini, Cardinal Bishop of Frascati
  • Basilius Bessarion, Cardinal Bishop of Sabina
  • Filippo Calandrini, Bishop of Bologna
  • Angelo Capranica
  • Berardo Eroli, Bishop of Spoleto
  • Niccolò Fortiguerra
  • Bartolomeo Rover Ella, Archbishop of Ravenna
  • Oliviero Carafa, Archbishop of Naples
  • Jacopo Ammannati Piccolomini
  • Amico Agnifilo
  • Marco Barbo, Kardinalnepot Paul II, Patriarch of Aquileia
  • Francesco della Rovere, Cardinal Priest of St. Peter in Chains ( to Pope Sixtus IV selected)
  • Rodrigo de Borja y Borja, cardinal deacon of S. Niccolò in Carcere, Administrator of the Diocese of Valencia
  • Francesco Gonzaga
  • Teodoro Paleologo di Monteferrato
  • Giovanni Battista Zeno, Kardinalnepot Paul II
  • Giovanni Micheli, Kardinalnepot Paul II

Absent Cardinals

Seven cardinals not participated in the conclave:

  • Alain de Coëtivy, Cardinal Bishop of Palestrina
  • Thomas Bourchier, Archbishop of Canterbury
  • Jean Rolin
  • Luis Juan del Milà, Cardinal Priest of Ss. Quattro Coronati
  • Jean Jouffroy
  • Jean Balue
  • Francesco Todeschini Piccolomini
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