1914 papal conclave

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The 1914 papal conclave was the gathering of Roman Catholic cardinals that elected Giacomo della Chiesa as Pope Benedict XV following the death of Pope Pius X.

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1914 papal conclave canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf cardinal electors meeting ⓘ
papal conclave ⓘ
absentCardinalsReason World War I travel difficulties ⓘ
blackSmokeIndicatedNoElection yes ⓘ
camerlengoDuringSedeVacante Rafael Merry del Val ⓘ
cardinalCreatedByPreviousPope Giacomo della Chiesa was created cardinal by Pius X in May 1914 ⓘ
cardinalSecretaryOfStateAfterElection Pietro Gasparri ⓘ
cardinalSecretaryOfStateBeforeConclave Rafael Merry del Val ⓘ
city Rome ⓘ
country Kingdom of Italy ⓘ
deanOfCollegeOfCardinals Serafino Vannutelli ⓘ
electedPerson Giacomo della Chiesa ⓘ
electedPersonTitleAfterElection Pope Benedict XV ⓘ
electedPope Pope Benedict XV ⓘ
electoralBody College of Cardinals ⓘ
electorateRestrictedTo cardinals ⓘ
endDate 1914-09-03 ⓘ
followedBy 1922 papal conclave ⓘ
governingLaw apostolic constitution Vacante Sede Apostolica (1904) ⓘ
historicalContext World War I ⓘ
languageOfProceedings Latin ⓘ
location Apostolic Palace ⓘ
Sistine Chapel ⓘ
Vatican City (then part of Rome, Kingdom of Italy) ⓘ
linked to: Vatican City
majorCandidate Domenico Ferrata ⓘ
Giacomo della Chiesa ⓘ
Pietro Maffi ⓘ
Rafael Merry del Val ⓘ
notableFeature first conclave held during World War I ⓘ
notableOutcome election of a pope seen as a peace advocate ⓘ
numberOfBallots 10 ⓘ
numberOfCardinalsAbsent 8 ⓘ
numberOfCardinalsEligibleToVote 65 ⓘ
numberOfCardinalsPresent 57 ⓘ
papalNameChosen Benedict XV ⓘ
linked to: Pope Benedict XV
placeOfAnnouncementOfNewPope central loggia of St Peter's Basilica ⓘ
precededBy 1903 papal conclave ⓘ
previousPope Pope Pius X ⓘ
protodeacon Francesco Salesio Della Volpe ⓘ
linked to: Francesco Satolli
religion Roman Catholic Church ⓘ
linked to: Roman Catholicism
smokeSignalUsed yes ⓘ
startDate 1914-08-31 ⓘ
subdeanOfCollegeOfCardinals Luigi Oreglia di Santo Stefano ⓘ
timeBetweenCreationAsCardinalAndElectionAsPope about three months ⓘ
tookPlaceInBuilding St Peter's Basilica complex ⓘ
triggeredBy death of Pope Pius X ⓘ
typeOfElection secret ballot ⓘ
whiteSmokeIndicatedElection yes ⓘ

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Pope Benedict XV → electedPopeBy → 1914 papal conclave ⓘ