Konklave 1644
The papal conclave of 1644 was the papal conclave of Cardinals called on the death of Pope Urban VIII. It chose Giovanni Battista Pamphili, who took office as Pope Innocent X.
History
The reign of Pope Urban VIII had been financially troubling for Rome and for the Church and the ongoing conflict for control of the Church between Spain and France.
Cardinal Jules Mazarin of France had planned to veto Pamphili's nomination on behalf of his country (which, like Spain, retained veto rights) but he arrived too late to do so. Mazarin would later provide support and shelter for members of the Barberini family (the nephews of Innocent X's predecessor, Pope Urban VIII) exiled in France.
Participants
- Francesco Cennini de' Salamandri
- Guido Bentivoglio d'Aragona (Died on 7 September 1644 during the conclave)
- Giulio Roma
- Luigi Capponi
- Gaspar Borja y de Velasco
- Alfonso de la Cueva-Benavides y Mendoza-Carrillo
- Antonio Marcello Barberini, brother of Pope Urban VIII
- Ernest Adalbert von Harrach
- Bernardino Spada
- Federico Baldissera Bartolomeo Cornaro
- Giulio Cesare Sacchetti
- Giandomenico Spinola
- Giambattista Pamphili (Elected Pope Innocent X)
- Gil Carrillo de Albornoz
- Alphonse-Louis Duplessis de Richelieu
- Giovanni Battista Maria Pallotta
- Ciriaco Rocci
- Cesare Monti
- Francesco Maria Brancaccio
- Alessandro Bichi
- Ulderico Carpegna
- Stefano Durazzo
- Marco Antonio Franciotti
- Francesco Maria Macchiavelli
- Ascanio Filomarino
- Marco Antonio Bragadin
- Pier Donato Cesi
- Girolamo Verospi
- Vincenzo Maculani
- Francesco Peretti di Montalto
- Giovanni Giacomo Panciroli
- Fausto Poli
- Lelio Falconieri
- Gaspare Mattei (Left the conclave due to illness)
- Cesare Facchinetti
- Girolamo Grimaldi-Cavalleroni
- Carlo Rossetti
- Giambattista Altieri
- Mario Theodoli
- Francesco Angelo Rapaccioli
- Francesco Adriano Ceva
- Angelo Giori
- Juan de Lugo y de Quiroga
- Carlo de' Medici
- Francesco Barberini
- Marzio Ginetti
- Antonio Barberini (Cardinal-Nephew of Pope Urban VIII
- Girolamo Colonna
- Giangiacomo Teodoro Trivulzio
- Giulio Gabrielli (Left the conclave due to illness)
- Rinaldo d'Este
- Vincenzo Costaguti
- Giovanni Stefano Donghi
- Paolo Emilio Rondinini
- Achille d'Estampes de Valençay
Absent cardinals
- François de la Rochefoucald
- Baltasar Moscoso y Sandoval
- Agustín Spínola
- Jules Raymond Mazarin
- Virginio Orsini
Sources
- S. Miranda: Papal Conclave, 1644.
- The Triple Crown: An Account of the Papal Conclaves by Valérie Pirie.