Conclave 1621
The 1621 conclave was convened in Rome on January 28, 1621 after the death of Pope Paul V. It took place on February 8th and 9th in the Apostolic Palace . Cardinal Alessandro Ludovisi, who welcomed Gregory XV. called, was elected Pope. As Cardinal Protodiacon Andrea Baroni Peretti Montalto announced the election.
The conclave
55 cardinals were present in the conclave to vote. With 19 cardinals, most of the cardinals were absent.
The college of cardinals was divided into three groups. The smallest was that of Cardinal Montalto with six votes, the middle party was that of Cardinal Pietro Aldobrandini , who died just one day after the election in Rome, with around 13 votes and the largest faction was that of Cardinal Scipione Caffarelli Borghese , who had 29 votes.
At the suggestion of the Chamberlain of the Holy Cardinal College, Scipione Caffarelli Borghese, the election took place by acclamation . But this was the last time. All other papal elections took place by vote.
Participating cardinals
The following 51 cardinals take part in the conclave:
- Antonio Maria Sauli , Cardinal Bishop of Ostia e Velletri , Cardinal Dean
- Benedetto Giustiniani , Cardinal Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina , Cardinal Subdean
- Francesco Maria Bourbon del Monte Santa Maria , Cardinal Bishop of Palestrina
- Francesco Sforza , Cardinal Bishop of Frascati
- Alessandro Damasceni Peretti , Cardinal Bishop of Albano
- Pietro Aldobrandini , Cardinal Bishop of Sabina
- Ottavio Bandini
- Bartolomeo Cesi
- Bonifacio Bevilacqua Aldobrandini , Bishop of Cervia
- Robert Bellarmine SJ
- Giovanni Battista Deti
- Domenico Ginnasi
- Antonio Zapata y Cisneros
- Carlo Gaudenzio Madruzzo , Bishop of Trento
- Giovanni Dolfin
- Giacomo Sannesio
- Scipione Caffarelli Borghese , Prefect of the Apostolic Signature
- Maffeo Barberini
- Giovanni Garzia Millini
- Marcello Lante , Bishop of Todi
- Michelangelo Tonti , Bishop of Cesena
- Fabrizio Verallo
- Giambattista Leni , Bishop of Ferrara
- Decio Carafa , Archbishop of Napoli
- Domenico Rivarola
- Jean de Bonsi
- Filippo Filonardi
- Pier Paolo Crescenzi , Bishop of Rieti
- Giacomo Serra , Legate in Ferrara
- Agostino Galamini OP , Bishop of Osimo
- Gaspar de Borja y Velasco
- Felice Centini OFMConv , Bishop of Macerata e Tolentino
- Roberto Ubaldini , Bishop of Montepulciano
- Tiberio Muti , Bishop of Viterbo
- Giulio Savelli , Legate of Bologna
- Alessandro Ludovisi , Archbishop of Bologna (elected to Gregory XV.)
- Ladislao d'Aquino , Bishop of Venafro
- Pietro Campori
- Matteo Priuli
- Scipione Cobelluzzi , Librarian of the Vatican Apostolic Library
- Pietro Valier , Archbishop of Creta
- Giulio Roma
- Cesare Gherardi
- Desiderio Scaglia , OP
- Stefano Pignatelli
- Andrea Baroni Peretti Montalto
- Alessandro d'Este
- Carlo Emmanuele Pio di Savoia
- Luigi Capponi
- Carlo di Ferdinando de 'Medici
- Alessandro Orsini
Cardinals not participating
The following 19 cardinals did not take part in the conclave:
- Federico Borromeo , Archbishop of Milan
- Odoardo Farnese
- Franz Seraph von Dietrichstein , Archbishop of Omütz
- François d'Escoubleau de Sourdis , Archbishop of Bordeaux
- Giovanni Doria , Archbishop of Palermo
- François de La Rochefoucald , Bishop of Senlis
- Moritz of Savoy
- Louis III de Lorraine-Guise , Archbishop of Reims
- Gabriel Trejo Paniagua
- Baltasar de Moscoso y Sandoval , Bishop of Jaén
- Melchior Khlesl , Bishop of Vienna
- Henri de Gondi , Bishop of Paris
- Francisco Gómez Rojas de Sandoval , duca di Lerma
- Ferdinand of Spain , Infant of Spain
- Francesco Cennini de 'Salamandri , Bishop of Amelia
- Guido Bentivoglio
- Eitel Friedrich von Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen
- Louis de Nogaret de La Valette d'Épernon , Archbishop of Toulouse
- Agostino Spinola
Alessandro Ludovisi chose the Pope's name Gregory XV, was crowned on February 14, 1621 in St. Peter's Basilica and on May 14, 1621, took possession of the cathedra of the Lateran Basilica .
Web links
- Conclave 1621. In: Salvador Miranda : The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church. ( Florida International University website), accessed September 5, 2017.
- Entry for Conclave 1621 on catholic-hierarchy.org , viewed September 6, 2017
- Conclave of February 08-09, 1621 for the election of Pope Gregory XV. In: Vaticanhistory. March 23, 2006, accessed September 6, 2017 .