1513 Conclave
elected Leo X4–11 March 1513 · The early modern conclaves · Niccoline Chapel, Apostolic Palace, Papal States
The 1513 papal conclave, occasioned by the death of Pope Julius II on 21 February 1513, opened on 4 March with twenty-five cardinals in attendance, out of a total number of thirty-one. The conclave was presided over by Cardinal Raffaele Sansoni Riario, who was both Dean of the College of Cardinals and Cardinal Chamberlain of the Holy Roman Church (Camerlengo).
Elected pope
Leo X
Giovanni de' Medici
Succeeded
Julius II
Duration
8 days
2 ballots
Cardinal electors
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locked in under conclave rules
Key officials
| Dean | Raffaele Riario |
| 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.