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1621 papal conclave

1621 CE · Papal States, Europe · Politics

1621 papal conclave
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The 1621 papal conclave held from 8 to 9 February 1621, Cardinal Alessandro Ludovisi was elected to succeed Paul V as pope. Ludovisi took the name Gregory XV. It was the shortest conclave in the seventeenth century.

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