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1724 papal conclave

1724 CE · Italy, Europe · Politics

1724 papal conclave
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The 1724 papal conclave was called upon the death of Pope Innocent XIII. It began on 20 March 1724 and ended on 28 May that year with the election of Cardinal Pierfrancesco Orsini, a Dominican friar, as Pope Benedict XIII.

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