- Papal conclave, 1572
The Papal conclave, May 12 – May 13, 1572 –
papal conclave convoked after the death ofPius V , elected Cardinal Ugo Boncompagni, who under the name ofGregory XIII became the 226th pope of theCatholic Church .List of participants
Pope Pius V died onMay 1 ,1572 at the age of 68. Up to date, he is the only canonized Pope betweenCelestine V (1294 ) andPius X (1903 –1914 ). Fifty three out of sixty six Cardinals participated in the election of his successor [http://www.fiu.edu/~mirandas/conclave-xvi.htm#1572 List of participants of conclave, 1572] by S. Miranda] :*
Giovanni Girolamo Morone (created Cardinal onJune 2 ,1542 ) –Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia e Velletri ;Dean of the Sacred College of Cardinals ; Cardinal-protector ofAustria ; Cardinal-protector of the Order ofCistercians ; Cardinal-protector of theEthiopian Catholic Church *
Cristoforo Madruzzo (June 2, 1542) –Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina ; Sub-Dean of the Sacred College of Cardinals; Bishop ofBrixen ; Legate in Gualdo; Governor ofSpoleto *
Otto Truchess von Waldburg (December 19 ,1544 ) –Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina ;Bishop of Augsburg ; Cardinal-protector ofGermany *Alessandro Farnese (
December 18 ,1534 ) –Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati ; "commendatario" of S. Lorenzo in Damaso; Archpriest of the patriarchalVatican Basilica ;Vice-Chancellor of the Holy Roman Church ; Archbishop ofMonreale ; Cardinal-protector of the Kingdom of Poland and of theKingdom of Sicily ; Cardinal-protector of theRepublic of Genoa and of theRepublic of Ragusa ; Cardinal-protector of the Orders ofBenedictines andServites *
Giulio Feltre della Rovere (July 27 ,1547 ) –Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina ;Archbishop of Ravenna ; Governor of Loreto; Cardinal-protector of the Order ofCapuchins *
Giovanni Ricci (November 20 ,1551 ) –Cardinal-Bishop of Albano ;Archbishop of Pisa *
Scipione Rebiba (December 20 ,1555 ) – Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria in Trastevere;Protopriest of the Sacred College of Cardinals*
Fulvio della Corgna , O.S.Io.Hieros. (November 20, 1551) – Cardinal-Priest of S. Adriano;Bishop of Perugia *
Niccolò Caetani (December 22 ,1536 ) – Cardinal-Priest of S. Eustachio;Archbishop of Capua ; Cardinal-protector ofScotland *
Ippolito II d'Este (December 20,1538 ) – Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria Nuova; Cardinal-protector ofFrance *Giacomo Savelli (December 19,
1539 ) – Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria in Cosmedin; Vicar General ofRome ; Administrator ofBenevento *Luigi Cornaro (November 20, 1551) – Cardinal-Priest of S. Marco;
Camerlengo of the Holy Roman Church *
Giovanni Antonio Serbelloni (January 31 ,1560 ) – Cardinal-Priest of S. Angelo in Pescheria;Bishop of Novara *
Carlo Borromeo (January 31, 1560) – Cardinal-Priest of S. Prassede; Archbishop ofMilan ;Grand penitentiary ; Archpriest of the patriarchalLiberian Basilica ; Cardinal-protector ofSwitzerland ,Low Countries andPortugal ; Cardinal-protector of the Orders of theKnights Hospitaller ,Franciscans ,Carmelites andBarnabites *
Markus Sitticus von Hohenems (February 26 ,1561 ) – Cardinal-Priest of S. Giorgio in Velabro; Bishop ofConstance ; Archpriest of the patriarchalLateran Basilica ; Governor ofCapranica *
Alfonso Gesualdo (February 26, 1561) – Cardinal-Priest of S. Cecilia; Archbishop ofConza *
Giovanni Francesco Gambara (February 26, 1561) – Cardinal-Priest of S. Prisca; Bishop ofViterbo *
Stanisław Hozjusz (February 26, 1561) – Cardinal-Priest of S. Clemente; Ambassador of Poland before the Holy See;Bishop of Warmia *
Antoine Perrenot de Granvelle (February 26, 1561) – Cardinal-Priest of S. Pietro in Vincoli; Viceroy of theKingdom of Naples ; Archbishop ofMechelen *
Ludovico Madruzzo (February 26, 1561) – Cardinal-Priest of S. Onofrio; Bishop of Trent*
Innico d'Avalos d'Aragona , O.S.Iacobis. (February 26, 1561) – Cardinal-Priest of S. Lorenzo in Lucina; Bishop ofMileto *
Francisco Pacheco de Toledo (February 26, 1561) – Cardinal-Priest of S. Croce in Gerusalemme; Bishop ofBurgos ; Cardinal-protector ofSpain *
Girolamo Corregio (February 26, 1561) – Cardinal-Priest of S. Anastasia;Archbishop of Taranto *
Marco Antonio Colonna (March 12 ,1565 ) – Cardinal-Priest of SS. XII Apostoli;Archbishop of Salerno *
Tolomeo Gallio (March 12, 1565) – Cardinal-Priest of S. Agata in Suburra;Archbishop of Manfredonia *
Prospero Pubblicola Santacroce (March 12, 1565) – Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria degli Angeli; Bishop ofKisamos ; Administrator ofArles *
Marco Antonio Bobba (March 12, 1565) – Cardinal-Priest of S. Silvestro in Capite;Bishop of Aosta *Ugo Buoncompagni (March 12, 1565) – Cardinal-Priest of S. Sisto; Prefect of the Signature of Apostolic Briefs
*Alessandro Sforza (March 12, 1565) – Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria in Via;
Bishop of Parma ; Legate inBologna andRomagna *
Flavio Fulvio Orsini (March 12, 1565) – Cardinal-Priest of S. Marcellino e Pietro; Bishop ofSpoleto ; Administrator ofCosenza *
Francesco Alciati (March 12, 1565) – Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria in Portico; Prefect of the S.C. of the Tridentine Council; Bishop of Città; Cardinal-protector ofSpain andIreland ; Cardinal-protector of the Order ofCarthusians *
Alessandro Crivelli (March 12, 1565) – Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria in Aracoeli*
Benedetto Lomellini (March 12, 1565) – Cardinal-Priest of S. Sabina; Bishop ofAnagni ; Legate in Campagna e Marittima*
Guglielmo Sirleto (March 12, 1565) – Cardinal-Priest of S. Lorenzo in Panisperna; Bishop ofSquillace ; Librarian of the Holy Roman Church*
Gabriele Paleotti (March 12, 1565) – Cardinal-Priest of SS. Giovanni e Paolo;Archbishop of Bologna *
Michele Bonelli , O.P. (March 6 ,1566 ) – Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria sopra Minerva; Superintendent general of the Papal States; Cardinal-protector of the Order ofDominicans and of theKingdom of Hungary *
Giovanni Paolo della Chiesa (March 24 ,1568 ) – Cardinal-Priest of S. Pancrazio; Prefect of the Tribunal of the Apostolic Signature of Justice*
Marco Antonio Maffei (May 17 ,1570 ) – Cardinal-Priest of S. Callisto*
Pier Donato Cesi (May 17, 1570) – Cardinal-Priest of S. Vitale*
Charles d'Angennes de Rambouillet (May 17, 1570) – Cardinal-Priest of S. Eufemia; Ambassador of France before the Holy See;Bishop of Le Mans *Felice Peretti Montalto, O.F.M.Conv. (May 17, 1570) – Cardinal-Priest of S. Girolamo degli Schiavoni;
Bishop of Fermo *
Giovanni Aldobrandini (May 17, 1570) – Cardinal-Priest of S. Simeone;Bishop of Imola *
Girolamo Rusticucci (May 17, 1570) – Cardinal-Priest of S. Susanna;Cardinal Secretary of State ;Bishop of Senigallia *
Archangelo Bianchi , O.P. (May 17, 1570) – Cardinal-Priest of S. Cesareo in Palatio;Bishop of Teano *
Paolo Burali d'Arezzo , C.R.Theat. (May 17, 1570) – Cardinal-Priest of S. Pudenziana;Bishop of Piacenza *Vincenzo Giustiniani, O.P. (May 17, 1570) – Cardinal-Priest of S. Nicolo fra le Immagini
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Gian Girolamo Albani (May 17, 1570) – Cardinal-Priest of SS. Giovanni a Porta Latina*
Girolamo Simoncelli (December 22,1553 ) – Cardinal-Deacon of SS. Cosma e Damiano; Administrator ofOrvieto *
Ludovico d'Este (February 26, 1561) – Cardinal-Deacon of S. Lucia in Silice; Administrator ofAuch andFerrara *Ferdinando de' Medici [later
Grand Duke of Tuscany ] (January 6 ,1563 ) – Cardinal-Deacon of S. Maria in Domnica; Legate inPerugia *
Guido Luca Ferrero (March 12, 1565) – Cardinal-Deacon of SS. Vito e Modesto; Bishop ofVercelli *
Antonio Carafa (March 24, 1568) – Cardinal-Deacon of S. Eusebio; Prefect of the Tribunal of the Apostolic Signature of Grace; Cardinal-protector ofMaronites *
Giulio Aquaviva d'Aragona (May 17, 1570) – Cardinal-Deacon of S. TeodoroTwenty six electors were created by
Pius IV , fourteen byPius V , eight byPope Paul III , four byJulius III and one byPope Paul IV .Absentees
Thirteen Cardinals were absent:
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Georges d'Armagnac (December 19, 1544) – Cardinal-Priest of S. Nicola in Carcere Tulliano; Administrator ofToulouse ; Co-Legate in Avignon; Royal Governor ofLanguedoc *
Henry of Portugal (December 16, 1545) – Cardinal-Priest of SS. IV Coronati; Inquisitor General of thePortuguese Inquisition ; Legate "a latere" in Portugal; Regent of theKingdom of Portugal *
Charles de Lorraine-Guise (July 27, 1547) – Cardinal-Priest of S. Apollinare;Archbishop of Reims *
Charles I de Bourbon-Vandôme (January 8 ,1548 ) – Cardinal-Priest of S. Crisogono;Archbishop of Rouen ; Administrator ofBeauvais ; Legate inAvignon *
Louis de Lorraine de Guise (December 22, 1553) – Cardinal-Priest of S. Tommaso in Parione;Bishop of Metz *
Zaccaria Delfino (March 12, 1565) – Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria in Aquiro;Bishop of Hvar *
Diego Espinoza (March 24, 1568) – Cardinal-Priest of S. Stefano al Monte Celio;Bishop of Sigüenza ;Grand Inquisitor of Spain*
Gaspar Cervantes (May 17, 1570) – Cardinal-Priest of S. Balbina;Archbishop of Tarragona *
Giulio Antonio Santorio (May 17, 1570) – Cardinal-Priest of S. Bartolomeo all’Isola;Archbishop of Santa Severina *
Nicolas de Pellevé (May 17, 1570) – Cardinal-Priest of [no title assigned] ;Archbishop of Sens *
Innocenzo del Monte (May 30 ,1550 ) – Cardinal-Deacon of S. Maria in Via Lata; Protodeacon of the Sacred College of Cardinals*Antoine de Créquy Canaples (March 12, 1565) – Cardinal-Deacon of S. Trifonio;
Bishop of Amiens *
Giovanni Francesco Commendone (March 12, 1565) – Cardinal-Deacon of S. Ciriaco alle TermeFour were created by Paul III, another four by Pius V, three by Pius IV and two by Julius III.
Divisions among Cardinals
The
College of Cardinals was divided into several factions. Most of the creatures of Pius IV followed the leadership of his nephewsCarlo Borromeo andMarcus Sitticus von Hohenems .Michele Bonelli , grand-nephew of Pius V, was a leader of cardinals elevated by this pontiff.Alessandro Cardinal Farnese was still very influential, and had adherents not only among the creatures of his grandfather Paul III. The interests ofGrand Duchy of Tuscany were under the care of Cardinal Alessandro de' Medici, son of Grand DukeCosimo I de Medici , while those ofPhilip II of Spain were represented by Pacheco and Granvelle. Cardinal Rambouillet was the main representative ofCharles IX of France in the conclave. [L. Pastor, p. 12-15] [http://www.vaticanhistory.de/vh/html/gregor_xiii_.html Vatican History] ]Candidates to the Papacy
Cardinals Farnese, Savelli, Correggio, Ricci and Boncompagni were considered as the main "
papabili ". Farnese was the most active in promoting his own candidature, but he met also with the strongest opposition. His main opponent was Cardinal Medici, because of the rivalry between theHouse of Medici (Grand Duchy of Tuscany ) and theHouse of Farnese (Duchy of Parma ) inNorthern Italy . Also kingPhilip II of Spain opposed Farnese’s candidature, because he considered his elevation dangerous to the balance of power in Italy. The wordly Farnese was also unacceptable to the austereCarlo Borromeo . It was generally expected that conclave would last very long, possibly even several months [L. Pastor, p. 12-13] .The conclave
Fifty-two Cardinals entered the conclave on
May 12 . On that same day in the evening they were joined by one more, Granvelle, Viceroy of Naples and official representative ofPhilip II of Spain [L. Pastor, p. 12] . The first step taken by Granvelle was to inform Alessandro Farnese that the King of Spain would not accept his election and to ask him to withdraw his candidature in order to maintain peace in Italy. Surprised, Farnese understood that with such strong opposition he would never obtain the required majority, but, admitting his defeat, he wished to be able to use his influence effectively in the choice of the new pontiff [L. Pastor, p. 13] . Almost the whole next day leaders of the main factions: Farnese, Bonelli, Granvelle and Borromeo, spent looking for a compromise candidate, and finally agreed to elect the seventy-year old Ugo Boncompagni [L. Pastor, p. 13-15] . The first scrutiny took place onMay 13 at six o’clock in the evening. At the end of the phase of "accessus " Ugo Boncompagni was elected Pope, receiving all votes except of his own, which he gave to Granvelle. He accepted his election and took the name of Gregory XIII, in honour ofPope Gregory I L. Pastor, p. 15] .The people of Rome were surprised with such a quick election, but they welcomed the new pope, because he was neither religious nor an austere "
Theatine ”, as most people had feared.. OnMay 25 Gregory XIII was solemnly crowned by Cardinal ProtodeaconInnocenzo del Monte [ [http://www.fiu.edu/~mirandas/bios1565.htm#Boncompagni S. Miranda: Cardinal Ugo Boncompagni (Pope Gregory XIII] ] .Notes
Sources
* [http://www.vaticanhistory.de/vh/html/gregor_xiii_.html Vatican History: an account of the papal conclave, 1572 in German]
* [http://www.fiu.edu/~mirandas/conclave-xvi.htm#1572 List of participants of papal conclave, 1572 by S. Miranda]
*Ludwig von Pastor , [http://www.openlibrary.org/details/thehistoryofthep19pastuoft "History of the Popes vol. XIX"] , London 1930
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