1303 Conclave
elected Benedict XI21–22 October 1303 · Conclave law and the Great Schism · Vatican Palace, Rome
Pope Boniface VIII was buried at St. Peter's Basilica on 12 October 1303, in a tomb which he had prepared for himself.
Elected pope
Benedict XI
Niccolò Boccasini
Succeeded
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Duration
2 days
1 ballot
Cardinal electors
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locked in under conclave rules
Key officials
| Dean | Giovanni Boccamazza |
| Camerlengo | Teodorico Ranieri |
Ballot-by-ballot tallies are destroyed by design — the paper is burned in the stove whose smoke announces the result — so this entry records what the Church documents: the dates, the electors, the number of ballots where known, and the man who walked out onto the balcony.