Papal conclave, 1799–1800

The Conclave 1799/1800 was held on 1 December 1799 to 14 March 1800 Venice. It had become necessary because Pope Pius VI. died on August 29, 1799.

Background

1799, when Pius VI. had died in exile in Valence, French troops held under Napoleon Bonaparte occupied Rome and proclaimed the Roman Republic. Therefore, the conclave could take place only under the military protection of Austria in the Benedictine monastery of San Giorgio Maggiore on the homonymous island in Venice.

Course

Even before the conclave proclaimed Cardinal František de Paula Hrzán z Harasova the veto of the Emperor Francis II against the choice of the cardinals Carlo Bellisomi and Hyacinthe Sigismond Gerdil. After 103 Konklavetagen and a 204 -day Sedisvakanz finally Cardinal Luigi Barnaba Chiara Monti was elected Pope. He ascended the papal throne as Pius VII.

Participant

During the period of vacancy, there were 45 cardinals. Of them, 34 took the following the conclave in part:

  • Francisco Antonio de Lorenzana y Butrón, Archbishop of Toledo
  • Ignazio Busca
  • Stefano Borgia
  • Giovanni Battista Caprara
  • Antonio Dugnani
  • Ippolito Antonio Vincenti Mareri
  • Jean- Siffrein Maury
  • Giovanni Battista Bussi de Preti, Archbishop of Jesi
  • Francesco Maria Pignatelli
  • Aurelio Rover Ella
  • Giuseppe Maria Doria Pamphili -, Cardinal Secretary of State of Pius VI.
  • Romoaldo Braschi Onesti -
  • Filippo Carandini
  • Ludovico Flangini
  • Fabrizio Ruffo Dionigi
  • Giovanni Rinucci

Absent Cardinals

11 Cardinals did not participate in the conclave:

  • Christoph Anton von Migazzi, Archbishop of Vienna
  • Dominique de La Rochefoucald, Archbishop of Rouen
  • Johann Heinrich von Frankenberg, Archbishop of Mechelen -Brussels
  • Louis René Édouard de Rohan Guéméné, Bishop of Strasbourg
  • Giuseppe Maria Capece Zurlo, Archbishop of Naples
  • Vincenzo Ranuzzi, Archbishop - Bishop of Ancona
  • Muzio Gallo, Bishop of Viterbo
  • Carlo Livizzani Forni
  • José Francisco Miguel António de Mendoca, Patriarch of Lisbon
  • Antonino de Sentmenat y Castellá
  • Louis -Joseph de Montmorency -Laval
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