1572 Conclave

elected Gregory XIII

12–13 May 1572 · The early modern conclaves · Apostolic Palace, Papal States

Giovanni Girolamo Morone (created cardinal on June 2, 1542) – Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia e Velletri; Dean of the Sacred College of Cardinals; Cardinal-protector of Austria; Cardinal-protector of the Order of Cistercians; Cardinal-protector of the Ethiopian Catholic Church

Elected pope

Gregory XIII

Ugo Boncompagni

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 Morone
Camerlengo	Luigi Cornaro

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.