| Papal conclave October 1503 | |
|---|---|
| Dates and location | |
| October 1503 Apostolic Palace, Papal States | |
| Key officials | |
| Dean | Giuliano della Rovere |
| Camerlengo | Raffaele Riario |
| Protodeacon | Giovanni Colonna |
| Election | |
| Ballots | 1 |
| Elected pope | |
| Giuliano della Rovere Name taken: Julius II | |
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The October 1503 papal conclave elected Cardinal Giuliano della Rovere as Pope Julius II to succeed Pope Pius III. The conclave took place during the Italian Wars barely a month after the papal conclave, September 1503, and none of the electors had travelled far enough from Rome to miss the conclave.[1] The number of participating cardinals was thirty-eight, the College of Cardinals having been reduced by the election of Piccolomini as Pius III, who did not elevate cardinals.[1] At a consistory on 11 October Pope Pius had proposed to make Cardinal d'Amboise's nephew a cardinal, as part of his effort to conciliate the French, but the response from the cardinals was not enthusiastic.[2]
- ^ a b Baumgartner 2003, p. 89.
- ^ Marino Sanuto, I Diarii di Marino Sanuto Volume V (Venezia 1881), pp. 176–177.