Conclave of May 1555
The conclave of May 1555 was the electoral assembly of the cardinals after the death of Pope Marcellus II and lasted from May 15, 1555 to May 23, 1555, i.e. nine days. His choice fell on the cardinal dean Gian Pietro Carafa, who called himself Pope Paul IV .
College of Cardinals
At the time of the electoral conclave, the College of Cardinals consisted of 56 cardinals, 37 of whom attended the opening of the conclave. Another 3 cardinals arrived late and 10 stayed away. Due to the brevity of the past 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 di Sermoneta
- Robert de Lénoncourt
- 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
- Innocenzo Ciocchi del Monte
- Cristoforo Guidalotti Ciocchi del Monte
- Fulvio Giulio della Corgna OS Here.
- 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 Tagliavia de Aragonia
Absent cardinals
- Otto Truchseß von Waldburg
- Charles de Bourbon
- 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-Vendôme