The 1740 papal conclave (18 February – 17 August), convoked after the death of Pope Clement XII on 6 February 1740, was one of the longest

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since the 13th century. The initial favourite to succeed as

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, the elderly

Pietro Ottoboni Pope Alexander VIII ( it, Alessandro VIII; 22 April 1610 – 1 February 1691), born Pietro Vito Ottoboni, was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 6 October 1689 to his death in February 1691. He is to date the las ...

(1667–1740),

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, died shortly after the beginning of the conclave, and cardinals loyal to the House of Bourbon repeatedly proposed Pompeo Aldrovandi, but eventually had to accept that he could not secure two-thirds of the votes. After six months, other possible candidates had also failed, and Cardinal Prospero Lambertini, Archbishop of

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, who had been a cardinal since 9 December 1726, was elected. He took the name ''Benedict XIV''.

The conclave

The conclave began on 18 February 1740, following the funeral of Clement XII, and lasted for six months. At the outset, only thirty-two Cardinals entered into the conclave, in which there was an expectation that the elderly

(1667–1740), a Cardinal for more than fifty years and

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of the

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, would be chosen to succeed Clement XII. However, opposition to Ottoboni was raised because of his protective relationship with France. After a few days he was taken seriously ill, left the conclave on 25 February, and died on 29 February. Ottoboni's place as Dean was taken by

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, vice-dean of the Sacred College. As more cardinals arrived in

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and entered into the conclave, a group of the French formed an alliance with the Austrians and with the Spanish cardinals from

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. The cardinals loyal to the

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proposed the name of Pompeo Aldrovandi, but he fell just short of securing the two-thirds majority required. For forty days, his nomination was voted on unsuccessfully before it became clear he could not be elected. There was considerable and lengthy confusion, with a series of names advanced, all of whom failed to find the necessary level of support. After long deliberation,

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, a

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yer, was proposed as a compromise candidate, and he is reported to have said to the College of Cardinals "If you wish to elect a saint, choose Gotti; a statesman, Aldrovandi; an honest man, me". This appears to have assisted his cause, which also benefited from his reputation for deep learning, gentleness, wisdom, and conciliation in policy.Amleto Giovanni Cicognani, ''Canon law: I. Introduction to the study of canon law'', book 1 (1934), p. 401

The election of Benedict XIV

In the words of one historian, the College of Cardinals was On 17 August in the evening, Lambertini was elected

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, receiving the ballots of more than the required two-thirds of the fifty-one Cardinals present. Lambertini accepted his election and took the name of

Benedict XIV Pope Benedict XIV ( la, Benedictus XIV; it, Benedetto XIV; 31 March 1675 – 3 May 1758), born Prospero Lorenzo Lambertini, was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 17 August 1740 to his death in May 1758. Pope ...

in honour of his friend and patron

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. It had been one of the longer conclaves, though far from the longest. Benedict was crowned a few days later in the loggia of the Vatican Basilica.

Other witnesses

Giovanni Angelo Braschi, later Pope Pius VI, attended the conclave while still a layman as assistant to Cardinal Ruffo. The young Horace Walpole, who was in Rome at the time, attempted to attend the coronation but gave up because he found the waiting interminable. He wrote to his friend and cousin Conway "I am sorry to have lost the sight of the Pope's coronation, but I might have staid for seeing it till I had been old enough to be Pope myself."

List of participants

Of the sixty-eight cardinals living at the death of Pope Clement XII, four died during the

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and fifty-one took part in the final ballot.:Salvador Miranda,
List of participants of the papal conclave of 1740
'. *

(1667–1740), Created a Cardinal 7 November 1689, bishop of Ostia and Velletri,

of the

; he was taken ill during the conclave, left it on 25 February, and died on 29 February 1740.OTTOBONI, Pietro (1667–1740)
at fiu.edu *

(1663–1753), a Cardinal since 17 May 1706, bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina; he succeeded Ottoboni as Dean of the College of Cardinals. *

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(1682–1751), a Cardinal since 23 December 1711,

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* Lodovico Picco della Mirandola (1668–1743), a Cardinal since 18 May 1712, bishop of Albano * Pier Marcelino Corradini (1658–1743), also a Cardinal since 18 May 1712,

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Armand Gaston Maximilien de Rohan Armand de Rohan (Armand Gaston Maximilien; 26 June 1674 – 19 July 1749) was a French churchman and politician. He became Bishop of Strasbourg in 1704, Cardinal in 1712 then Grand Almoner of France in 1713 and member of the regency council ...

(1674–1749), also a Cardinal since 18 May 1712,

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* Carlo Maria Marini (1677–1747), a Cardinal since 29 May 1715 * Thomas Philip Wallrad de Hénin-Liétard d'Alsace (1679–1759), a Cardinal since 29 November 1719,

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* Luis Antonio Belluga y Moncada (1662–1743), also a Cardinal since 29 November 1719 *

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(1692–1779), a Cardinal since 16 July 1721 *

Giambattista Altieri Giambattista Altieri or Giovanni Battista Altieri (20 June 1589 – 26 November 1654) was an Italian Catholic Cardinal. Early life Giambattista Altieri was born 20 June 1589 in Rome, the son of Lorenzo Altieri and Victoria Delphini, a Ven ...

the younger (1673–1740), a Cardinal since 11 September 1724, bishop of Palestrina. He died during the conclave, on 12 March 1740, of

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, having suffered such an attack three years earlier. * Vincenzo Petra (1662–1747), a Cardinal since 20 November 1724 * Niccolò Coscia (1682–1755), a Cardinal since 11 June 1725 * Niccolò del Giudice (1660–1743), also a Cardinal since 11 June 1725 *

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(1680–1755), a Cardinal since 9 December 1726, bishop of Brescia. * Francesco Antonio Finy (1669–1743), also a Cardinal since 9 December 1726 *

Prospero Lambertini Pope Benedict XIV ( la, Benedictus XIV; it, Benedetto XIV; 31 March 1675 – 3 May 1758), born Prospero Lorenzo Lambertini, was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 17 August 1740 to his death in May 1758.Antipope ...

(1675–1758), also a Cardinal since 9 December 1726,

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; elected Pope by the conclave. * Niccolò Maria Lercari (1675–1757), also a Cardinal since 9 December 1726 * Sigismund von Kollonitsch (1677–1751), a Cardinal since 26 November 1727,

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* Philip Ludwig von Sinzendorf (1699–1747), also a Cardinal since 26 November 1727, bishop of Györ * Vincenzo Ludovico Gotti (1664–1742), O.P., a Cardinal since 30 April 1728 *

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the younger (1677–1755), a Cardinal since 20 September 1728 *

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(1672–1747), also a Cardinal since 20 September 1728 * Camillo Cibo (1681–1743), a Cardinal since 23 March 1729 * Francesco Borghese (1697–1759), a Cardinal since 6 July 1729 * Carlo Vincenzo Ferreri O.P. (1682–1742), also a Cardinal since 6 July 1729, bishop of Alexandria. *

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(1685–1770), a Cardinal since 14 August 1730 * Bartolomeo Massei (1663–1745), a Cardinal since 2 October 1730 * Bartolomeo Ruspoli (1697–1741), also a Cardinal since 2 October 1730 *

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(1668–1750), a Cardinal since 24 September 1731 * Giuseppe Firrao (1670–1744), also a Cardinal since 24 September 1731, archbishop-bishop of Aversa. * Antonio Saverio Gentili (1681–1753), also a Cardinal since 24 September 1731 * Giovanni Antonio Guadagni, O.C.D. (1674–1759), also a Cardinal since 24 September 1731,

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. * Troiano Acquaviva d'Aragona (1695–1747), a Cardinal since 1 October 1732 * Agapito Mosca (1678–1760), also a Cardinal since 1 October 1732 *

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(1671–1752), a Cardinal since 2 March 1733 * Marcello Passeri (1678–1741), a Cardinal since 28 September 1733 * Giovanni Battista Spinola (1681–1752), also a Cardinal since 28 September 1733 * Pompeo Aldrovandi (1668–1752), a Cardinal since 24 March 1734 * Pietro Maria Pieri, O.S.M. (1676–1743), also a Cardinal since 24 March 1734 * Giacomo Lanfredini (1680–1741), also a Cardinal since 24 March 1734 *

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(1694–1763), a Cardinal since 17 January 1735,

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. * Henri-Osvald de la Tour d'Auvergne de Bouillon (1671–1747), a Cardinal since 20 December 1737,

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(1670–1761), also a Cardinal since 20 December 1737, archbishop of Ferrara. * Carlo Rezzonico the elder (1693–1769), also a Cardinal since 20 December 1737; later

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* Domenico Passionei (1682–1761), a Cardinal since 23 June 1738 *

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(1690–1756),

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in Bologna, a Cardinal since 19 December 1738 *

Carlo Gaetano Stampa Carlo III Gaetano Stampa (1667–1742) was an Italian cardinal and Archbishop of Milan from 1737 to 1742. Early life Carlo Gaetano Stampa was born on 1 November 1667 in Milan to count Cristiano Stampa and Giustina of the House of Borromeo. H ...

(1667–1742), a Cardinal since 23 February 1739,

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* Pierre-Guérin de Tencin (1680–1758), also a Cardinal since 23 February 1739,

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* Marcellino Corio (1664–1742), a Cardinal since 15 July 1739 * Carlo Maria Sacripante (1689–1758), a Cardinal since 30 September 1739 *

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(1672–1743), also a Cardinal since 30 September 1739

List of cardinals absent

Fourteen cardinals were absent throughout the conclave: *

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(1671–1741), a Cardinal since 13 November 1690, brother of Cardinal Giambattista Altieri (1673–1740), who died during the conclave. * Nuno da Cunha e Ataíde (1664–1750), a Cardinal since 18 May 1712; travelled to Rome for the conclave of 1721, but arrived after it had elected

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; did not participate in the conclaves of 1724, 1730, or 1740. *

Melchior de Polignac Melchior Cardinal de Polignac (11 October 1661 – 20 November 1742) was a French diplomat, Cardinal and neo-Latin poet. Second son of Armand XVI, marquis de Polignac and Marquis Chalancon, Governor of Puy; and Jacqueline de Beauvoir -Grimoard ...

(1661–1742), a French Cardinal, diplomat, and

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poet * Benedetto Erba Odescalchi (1679–1740), a Cardinal since 30 January 1713,

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, he resigned the government of his archdiocese in 1736 due to an apoplexy, and died on 13 December 1740. *

Giulio Alberoni Giulio Alberoni (30 May 1664 OS – 26 June NS 1752) was an Italian cardinal and statesman in the service of Philip V of Spain. Early years He was born near Piacenza, probably at the village of Fiorenzuola d'Arda in the Duchy of Parma. His fat ...

(1664–1752), an

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Cardinal and statesman in the service of

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* Léon Potier de Gesvres (1656–1744), a Cardinal since 29 November 1719 and archbishop of Bourges since 1694; he never went to Rome to receive the red hat and did not take part in any conclaves. *

Damian Hugo Philipp von Schönborn Damian Hugo Philipp von Schönborn (19 September 1676 in Mainz – 19 August 1743 in Bruchsal) was Prince-Bishop of Speyer (1719–1743), Bishop of Konstanz The Prince-Bishopric of Constance, (german: Hochstift Konstanz, Fürstbistum Konsta ...

, bishop of Speyer and Konstanz. * André-Hercule de Fleury (1653–1743), first counsellor of state of

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* João da Mota e Silva (1685–1747), a Cardinal since 26 November 1727; he never went to Rome; from 1736 he was principal counsellor to

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. *

Infante Luis, Count of Chinchón Luis Antonio Jaime of Spain (25 July 1727 – 7 August 1785), Infante of Spain, Cardinal Deacon of the titular church of Santa Maria della Scala in Rome, Archbishop of Toledo and Primate of Spain, 13th Count of Chinchón, Grandee of Spain First ...

(1727–1785), Infante of Spain; the youngest son of

, and a Cardinal since 19 December 1735, when he was aged eight, he received the red biretta in Madrid in 1736; at the beginning of the conclave he was still only twelve and was in Spain.BORBÓN Y FARNESIO, Luis Antonio Jaime de (1727–1785)
at fiu.edu * Joseph Dominicus von Lamberg, bishop of Passau. *

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, patriarch of Lisbon. *

Gaspar de Molina y Oviedo Gaspar de Molina y Oviedo (1679–1744) was a Spanish cardinal. References External links and additional sources * (for Chronology of Bishops) * (for Chronology of Bishops) 18th-century Spanish cardinals Bishops of Barcelona Bisho ...

, O.E.S.A., bishop of Málaga. * Jan Aleksander Lipski (1690–1746), a Cardinal since 20 December 1737, bishop of Krákow; he never went to Rome to receive the red hat.

Notes

References

Sources

* Salvador Miranda,
List of participants of conclave, 1740
' at fiu.edu *

', Papal Library *

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,
History of the Popes, vol. XXXVI
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