Papal conclave, 1903
The Conclave 1903 was held from 31 July to 4 August 1903., It had become necessary after Pope Leo XIII. died on July 20, 1903 after 25 years in office. Was elected the Archbishop and Patriarch of Venice, Giuseppe Melchiorre Sarto, who took the name Pius X..
Expiration
The conclave was held in the Sistine Chapel in the Vatican. There were a total of seven rounds are necessary until the new Pope was determined. Mariano Rampolla del Originally Tindaro been favored, which was in the first ballots also significantly forward. After it became known that Austria - Hungary would appeal against an election Rampollas his veto, presented Cardinal Giuseppe Melchiorre Sarto Ferrari with another candidate who was elected with 55 votes. Other papabili were Domenico Svampa, Girolamo Maria Gotti, Serafino Vannutelli and Angelo Di Pietro.
Participating Cardinals
36 of the 60 participating cardinals came from Italy. Only a participating Cardinal came not from Europe: the Archbishop of Baltimore, James Gibbons. It was thus the first conclave, which was attended by a non-European cardinal. Among the participants, the brothers Vincenzo and Serafino Vannutelli were.
While the see is vacant, the following positions were exercised by these cardinals:
- Cardinal Dean: Luigi Oreglia di Santo Stefano
- Cardinal Chamberlain: Domenico Ferrata
- Kardinalsubdekan: not occupied at this time
- Secretary of Konlaves: Rafael Merry del Val
- Italy 1861 Italy: Antonio Agliardi
- Italy 1861 Italy: Andrea Aiuti
- Italy 1861 Italy: Bartolomeo Bacilieri
- Italy 1861 Italy: Giulio Boschi
- Italy 1861 Italy: Giovanni Battista Casali del Drago
- Spain 1875 Spain: Salvador Pagès i Casañas
- Italy 1861 Italy: Francesco di Paola Cassetta
- Italy 1861 Italy: Felice Cavagnis
- Italy 1861 Italy: Beniamino Cavicchioni
- France France: Pierre -Hector Coullié
- Italy 1861 Italy: Serafino Cretoni
- Italy 1861 Italy: Francesco Della Volpe Salesio
- Italy 1861 Italy: Angelo Di Pietro
- Italy 1861 Italy: Andrea Carlo Ferrari
- Italy 1861 Italy: Domenico Ferrata
- German Empire German Empire: Anton Fischer
- Italy 1861 Italy: Giuseppe Francica - Nava de Bontifè
- Italy 1861 Italy: Casimiro Gennari
- United States 45 United States: James Gibbons
- Belgium: Pierre -Lambert Goossens
- Italy 1861 Italy: Girolamo Maria Gotti OCD
- Austria - Hungary Austria - Hungary: Anton Joseph Gruscha
- Spain 1875 Spain: Sebastián Herrero y Espinosa de los Monteros CO
- Austria - Hungary Austria - Hungary: John Baptist Katschthaler
- German Empire German Empire: Georg von Kopp
- France France: Joseph -Guillaume Labouré
- France France: Benoit -Marie Langénieux
- France France: Victor- Lucien- Sulpice Lécot
- United Kingdom 1801 United Kingdom: Michael Logue
- Italy 1861 Italy: Luigi Macchi
- Italy 1861 Italy: Achille Manara
- Spain 1875 Spain: José María Martín de Herrera y de la Iglesia
- Italy 1861 Italy Sebastiano Martinelli OESA
- France France: François- Désiré Mathieu
- Italy 1861 Italy: Mario Mocenni, Bishop of Sabina
- Portugal Portugal Kingdom 1830: José Sebastião Neto OFM
- Italy 1861 Italy: Carlo Nocella
- Italy 1861 Italy: Luigi Oreglia di Santo Stefano, Cardinal Dean
- France France: Adolphe Perraud CO
- Italy 1861 Italy: Raffaele Pierotti OP
- Italy 1861 Italy Gennaro Portanova
- Italy 1861 Italy: Giuseppe Prisco, Archbishop of Naples
- Austria - Hungary Austria - Hungary: Jan Puzyna de Kosielsko
- Italy 1861 Italy: Mariano Rampolla del Tindaro
- Italy 1861 Italy: Pietro Respighi
- France France: François -Marie- Benjamin Richard
- Italy 1861 Italy: Agostino Richelmy
- Italy 1861 Italy: Alessandro Sanminiatelli Zabarella
- Spain 1875 Spain: Ciriaco María Sancha y Hervás
- Italy 1861 Italy: Giuseppe Melchiorre Sarto ( Pius X. selected)
- Italy 1861 Italy: Francesco di Paola Satolli
- Italy 1861 Italy: Francesco Segna
- Austria - Hungary Austria - Hungary: Leo Skrbenský of Hriste
- German Empire German Empire: Andreas Stein Huber SJ
- Italy 1861 Italy: Domenico Svampa, Archbishop of Bologna
- Italy 1861 Italy: Emidio Taliani
- Italy 1861 Italy: Luigi Tripepi
- Italy 1861 Italy: Serafino Vannutelli
- Italy 1861 Italy: Vincenzo Vannutelli
- Austria - Hungary Austria - Hungary: Ferenc Kolos Vaszary OSB
- Spain 1875 Spain: José de Calasanz Félix Santiago Vives y Tuto, OFM Cap
Absent Cardinals
For health reasons, two cardinals were absent:
- Alfonso Capecelatro di Castelpagano CO, Italy
- Pietro Michelangelo Celesia OSB, Italy
Because of the long journey was missing: Patrick Francis Moran, Ireland / Australia
Distribution by States
The cardinals present were thus distributed as follows on the different countries: