Conclave September 1590

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The conclave of September 1590 met after the death of Pope Sixtus V († August 27, 1590 ) and met from September 7 to 15, 1590 in Rome . It took eight days and elected Urban VII Pope.

College of Cardinals

Sixtus V.
Urban VII.

When Pope Sixtus V died, which was one of the College of Cardinals 67 cardinals.

Attendees

The 54 cardinals attending the conclave were:

Cardinals not participating in the conclave

The following 13 cardinals could not take part in the conclave:

Cardinal uprisings

The cardinals present in the conclave were elevated to cardinalate by the following popes:

Notes on the Cardinals

  1. ↑ Became Pope in 1591 and took the name Innocent IX. on
  2. ↑ Was elected Pope and took the name Urban VII
  3. ↑ Became Pope in 1605 and took the name Leo XI. on
  4. ↑ Became Pope in December 1591 and took the name Gregory XIV
  5. ↑ Became Pope in 1592 and took the name Clement VIII

course

At the beginning of the sedis vacancy, there were far more people in Rome than usual, which resulted in a shortage of food. After the death of Pope Sixtus V, crime also increased in the Papal States . Already in the first consistory of the cardinals it was therefore decided, on the proposal of Cardinal Montalto, to recruit 2000 infantry under Duke Onorato Caetani to protect the conclave. The enormous church treasure of 4.2 million Scudi , which Sixtus V had amassed due to his austerity policy and his modest way of life, but also because of oppressive taxes and simony , was immediately claimed. 400,000 scudi were given to the city of Rome for the purchase of grain, 500,000 scudi to the other cities of the Papal States; another 250,000 scudi were available to cover the costs of the conclave.

Before the beginning of the papal election, the name Giovanni Battista Cardinal Castagna appeared as a papabili (papal candidate) on September 5, 1590 . With the beginning of the conclave on September 7, 1590, the electoral college was divided into three parties: a Spanish with 22 cardinals, a Gregorian with 14 cardinals and a Sistine with 25 cardinals. For the first few days up to September 13, Cardinal Colonna's supporters tried to obtain his elevation to the chair of Peter, but without success. In the morning vote on September 14, Cardinal Castagna received 20 votes. On the evening of the same day negotiations between the parties took place, whereupon Castagna was elected Pope the next morning. When the master of ceremonies Francesco Mucanzio asked the elected which name he would like to take, Castagna replied: "Since I want to have an old papal name, I call myself Urban VII."

The term of office of Urban VII was to last only twelve days. Since there was no coronation ceremony , his election did not end the vacancy that occurred with the death of his predecessor.

literature

  • Ludwig von Pastor : History of the Popes since the end of the Middle Ages. Volume 10: Sixtus V, Urban VII, Gregory XIV and Innocent IX. (1585–1591) 9th, unchanged edition, Verlag Herder, Freiburg and Rome 1958, pp. 503-510.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Cf. Ludwig von Pastor: History of the Popes since the end of the Middle Ages. Volume 10, p. 503
  2. ↑ Cf. Ludwig von Pastor: History of the Popes since the end of the Middle Ages. Volume 10, p. 504
  3. ↑ Cf. Ludwig von Pastor: History of the Popes since the end of the Middle Ages. Volume 10, p. 505
  4. ↑ Cf. Ludwig von Pastor: History of the Popes since the end of the Middle Ages. Volume 10, p. 509
  5. ↑ a b Cf. Ludwig von Pastor: History of the Popes since the end of the Middle Ages. Volume 10, p. 510