1484 Conclave
elected Innocent VIII26–29 August 1484 · The early modern conclaves · Apostolic Palace, Papal States
The immediate context of the election was the nearly unprecedented packing of the College of Cardinals by Sixtus IV, not only in terms of overall size, but also in terms of cardinal-nephews and crown cardinals.
Elected pope
Innocent VIII
Giovanni Battista Cybo
Succeeded
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Duration
4 days
Cardinal electors
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locked in under conclave rules
Key officials
| Dean | Roderic de Borja |
| Camerlengo | Raffaele Riario |
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.