Conclave 1799-1800

Pope Pius VII

The conclave 1799/1800 met in Venice from December 1, 1799 to March 14, 1800 . It had become necessary because Pope Pius VI. died on August 29, 1799.

background

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

course

Even before the conclave, Cardinal Franziskus announced by Paula Herzan von Harras the exclusive Emperor Franz 'II against the election of Cardinals Carlo Bellisomi and Hyacinthe Sigismond Gerdil . After 103 days of conclave and a 204-day vacancy , Cardinal Luigi Barnaba Chiaramonti was finally elected Pope. He ascended the papal throne as Pius VII .

Attendees

There were 45 cardinals during the sedis vacancy. The following 34 took part in the conclave:

• Giovanni Francesco Albani , Cardinal Dean
• Henry Benedict Stuart , Cardinal Sub-Dean , Duke of York
• Giuseppe Maria Doria Pamphilj , Cardinal State Secretary Pius VI.
• Giulio Maria della Somaglia , Cardinal Vicar of the Diocese of Rome
• Hyacinthe Sigismond Gerdil , Prefect of the Congregatio de Propaganda Fide
• Andrea Gioannetti , Archbishop of Bologna
• Francisco Antonio de Lorenzana y Butrón , Archbishop of Toledo
• Luigi Barnaba Chiaramonti , Archbishop of Imola (elected Pope Pius VII )
• Guido Calcagnini , Archbishop of Osimo
• Bernardino Honorati , Archbishop of Senigallia
• Carlo Giuseppe Filippa della Martiniana , Bishop of Vercelli
• Leonardo Antonelli
• Luigi Valenti Gonzaga
• Francesco Carafa della Spina
• Francesco Saverio de Zelada
• Alessandro Mattei
• Francis by Paula Herzan von Harras
• Giovanni Andrea Archetti
• Antonio Maria Doria Pamphilj
• Carlo Bellisomi
• Ignazio Busca
• Stefano Borgia
• Giovanni Battista Caprara
• Antonio Dugnani
• Ippolito Antonio Vincenti Mareri
• Jean-Siffrein Maury
• Giovanni Battista Bussi de Pretis
• Francesco Maria Pignatelli
• Aurelio Roverella
• Romoaldo Braschi-Onesti
• Filippo Carandini
• Ludovico Flangini
• Fabrizio Dionigi Ruffo
• Giovanni Rinucci

Absent cardinals

11 cardinals did not participate in the conclave:

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

literature

• Reinhard Barth: All the popes. Hamburg 2008, ISBN 978-3-625-12035-3 , pp. 253-254.

Web links

• Conclave of 1800. In: Salvador Miranda : The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church. ( Florida International University website), accessed July 22, 2016.
• Vatican History: Conclave Chronology ( Memento of April 13, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
• SEDE VACANTE 1799-1800