Papal conclave, May 1555
The conclave of May 1555 was the election meeting of the Cardinals after the death of Pope Marcellus II and lasted from 15 May 1555 to 23 May 1555 ie 8 days. His choice fell on the Gian Pietro Carafa Cardinal Dean, who called himself Pope Paul IV.
College of Cardinals
At the time of Wahlkonklaves belonged to the College of Cardinals on 56 cardinals, 37 of them participated in the opening of the conclave. More 3 Cardinals were added late and 10 remained far from him. Due to the shortness of the last pontificate, there have been no changes since the last conclave.
- Italy: 37
- France: 12
- Spain: 3
- Germany: 2
- England: 1
- Portugal: 1
Participating Cardinals
- Cardinal Dean: Gian Pietro Carafa
- Jean du Bellay
- François de Tournon Reg.Can
- Juan Álvarez de Toledo OP
- Rodolfo Pio
- Francesco Pisani
- Ercole Gonzaga
- Girolamo Doria
- Alessandro Farnese jun.
- Guido Ascanio Sforza di Santa Fiora
- Reginald Pole
- Niccolò Caetani
- Robert de Lenoncourt
- Ippolito d' Este
- Giacomo Savelli
- Miguel da Silva
- Giovanni Girolamo Morone
- Cristoforo Madruzzo
- Bartolomé de la Cueva y Toledo
- Georges d' Armagnac
- Federico Cesi
- Durante Duranti
- Girolamo Recanati Capodiferro
- Tiberio Crispo
- Ranuccio Farnese
- Charles de Guise de Lorraine
- Giulio della Rovere
- Girolamo Verallo
- Giovanni Angelo Medici
- Ciocchi Innocenzo del Monte
- Cristoforo Guidalotti Ciocchi del Monte
- Fulvio Giulio della Corgna O.S.Hier.
- Giovanni Michele Saraceni
- Giovanni Ricci
- Giovanni Andrea Mercurio
- Giacomo Puteo
- Pietro Bertani OP
- Fabio Mignanelli
- Giovanni Poggio
- Giovanni Battista Cicala
- Girolamo Dandini
- Luigi Cornaro
- Roberto de ' Nobili
- Girolamo Simoncelli
- Pedro Pacheco de Villena
- Pietro de Tagliavia Aragonia
Absent Cardinals
- Otto Steward of Waldburg
- Charles de Bourbon- Vandome
- Louis de Guise de Lorraine
- Claude de Longwy de Givry
- Jacques d' Annebaut
- Henrique de Portugal
- Antoine Sanguin de Meudon
- Odet de Coligny de Châtillon
- Francisco Mendoza de Bobadilla
- Louis de Bourbon de Vendôme
Swell
- Paul IV in vaticanhistory.de
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