Papal conclave July–August 1623 | |
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Dates and location | |
19 July – 6 August 1623 Apostolic Palace, Papal States | |
Elected pope | |
Maffeo Barberini Name taken: Urban VIII | |
The 1623 papal conclave was convened on the death of Pope Gregory XV and ended with the election of Cardinal Maffeo Barberini as Pope Urban VIII. It was the first conclave to take place after the reforms that Gregory XV issued in his 1621 bull Aeterni Patris Filius.