Papal conclave, 1559
The conclave of 1559 was the election meeting of the Cardinals after the death of Pope Paul IV and lasted from 5 September to 25 December 1559. It was 111 days, the longest conclave of the 16th century. It took place in the Pauline Chapel in the Apostolic Palace in the Vatican instead.
Papal election
His choice was Giovanni Angelo Medici (1499-1565), who called himself Pope Pius IV.
College of Cardinals
At the time of Wahlkonklaves belonged to the College of Cardinals on 55 cardinals, 47 of which took part in the opening of the conclave. Girolamo Recanati Capodiferro died during the conclave; two had to leave for health reasons, the conclave.
- Cardinal Dean: Jean du Bellay
- Deputy Dean: François de Tournon Reg.Can
- Camerlengo: Guido Ascanio Sforza di Santa Fiora
- Cardinal Proto Priest: Robert II de Lenoncourt
- Cardinal deacon: Alessandro Farnese (1520-1589)
Participating Cardinals
- Jean du Bellay
- François de Tournon
- Rodolfo Pio da Carpi
- Francesco Pisani
- Federico Cesi
- Pedro Pacheco de Villena
- Robert II de Lenoncourt
- Ercole Gonzaga
- Niccolò Caetani
- Giovanni Morone
- Cristoforo Madruzzo
- Bartolomé de la Cueva
- Georges d' Armagnac
- Otto Steward of Waldburg
- Tiberio Crispo
- Giovanni Angelo Medici
- Cristoforo Ciocchi del Monte
- Fulvio Corgna O.S.Io.Hieros.
- Giovanni Michele Saraceni
- Giovanni Ricci
- Giovanni Andrea Mercurio
- Giacomo Puteo
- Giovanni Battista Cicala
- Bernardino Scotti Theat.
- Diomede Carafa
- Scipione Rebiba
- Jean Suau
- Giovanni Antonio Capizzuchi
- Taddeo Gaddi
- Lorenzo Strozzi
- Jean Bertrand
- Antonio Michele Ghislieri OP
- Clemente d' Olera OFM
- Alessandro Farnese
- Guido Ascanio Sforza
- Ippolito II d' Este
- Giacomo Savelli
- Girolamo Capodiferro
- Ranuccio Farnese
- Giulio della Rovere Feltre
- Innocenzo del Monte
- Luigi Cornaro
- Louis I de Lorraine - Guise
- Girolamo Simoncelli
- Carlo Carafa
- Alfonso Carafa
- Vitellozzo Vitelli
Absent Cardinals
- Claude de Longwy de Givry
- Odet de Coligny
- Antoine Sanguin
- Francisco Mendoza de Bobadilla
- Henry I (Portugal )
- Charles de Lorraine - Guise
- Charles II de Bourbon- Vendôme
- Girolamo Dandini (1509-1559)
Writings
Swell
- Conclave from 5 September to 25 December 1559 election of Pope Pius IV
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- Choice in the 16th century
- Religion 1559