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| Papal conclave February–March 1829 | |
|---|---|
| Dates and location | |
| 24 February – 31 March 1829 Quirinal Palace,Papal States | |
| Key officials | |
| Dean | Giulio Maria della Somaglia |
| Sub-dean | Bartolomeo Pacca |
| Camerlengo | Pietro Francesco Galleffi |
| Protopriest | Giuseppe Firrao Jr. |
| Protodeacon | Giuseppe Albani |
| Secretary | Paolo Polidori |
| Election | |
| Candidates | |
| Vetoed | Bartolomeo Pacca |
| Elected pope | |
| Francesco Castiglioni Name taken:Pius VIII | |
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← 1823 1830–31 → | |
Thepapal conclave held from 24 February to 31 March 1829 to elect a successor to the recently deceasedLeo XII resulted in the accession of CardinalFrancesco Castiglioni, whotook the name Pius VIII.
It took a long time for the conclave to elect a new pope due to conflict between secular governments concerning who should be elected. CardinalEmmanuele De Gregorio was the proposed candidate of the pro-French faction and thezelanti (conservative cardinals), whilst CardinalBartolomeo Pacca was proposed by the more moderate cardinals but was not accepted by the French government of theBourbon Restoration period, headed by KingCharles X and Prime MinisterJean Baptiste Gay, vicomte de Martignac. Pacca was also seen by many in the conclave as being too gentle to be an effective pope.
The conclave did not move rapidly. The arrival ofGiuseppe Albani caused the votes to center on Francesco Saverio Castiglioni. With the supporters of both De Gregorio and of Pacca unable to secure enough votes to elect their candidate to the papacy, Castiglioni came to be seen as a suitable compromise candidate. Castiglioni had been close to election in the1823 conclave as the representative of thepoliticanti (moderate cardinals) and had all the qualifications to become pope, though he had the problem of being in very poor health, but was not elected at the last conclave when thezelanti cardinals realized that he was quite close to CardinalErcole Consalvi.[1][2] Consalvi however was already dead by the time of the 1829 conclave having died during the pontificate ofPope Leo XII.
On 31 March, Cardinal Castiglioni was elected pope. Given that Castiglioni had been calledPius VIII byPope Pius VII even before his death in 1823,[1][2] and that in the 1823 conclaveLeo XII had said that Castiglioni "some day was to be Pius VIII," it was a foregone conclusion that he would take thatpapal name upon becoming pope.
| Duration | 35 days |
|---|---|
| Electors | 58 |
| Absent | 8 |
| Present | 50 |
| Italy | 41 |
| Rest of Europe | 9 |
| North America | 0 |
| South America | 0 |
| Africa | 0 |
| Asia | 0 |
| Oceania | 0 |
| Veto used | Charles X of France againstBartolomeo Pacca |
| DECEASED POPE | Leo XII (1823–1829) |
| NEW POPE | Pius VIII (1829–1830) |
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