All Vatican elections

1464 Conclave

elected Paul II

28–30 August 1464 · The early modern conclaves · Apostolic Palace, Papal States

Bessarion, d'Estouteville, Trevisan, Carvajal, Torquemada and Barbo were mentioned as main papabili in the contemporary reports of the ambassadors and envoys of Italian Princes. Also Calandrini, Roverella and Capranica were referred to as possible candidates.

Elected pope

Paul II

Pietro Barbo

Succeeded

Duration

3 days

1 ballot

Cardinal electors

locked in under conclave rules

Key officials

DeanBasilios Bessarion
CamerlengoLudovico Trevisan

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.