All Vatican elections

1585 Conclave

elected Sixtus V

21–24 April 1585 · The early modern conclaves · Apostolic Palace, Papal States

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Elected pope

Sixtus V

Felice Peretti

Succeeded

Duration

4 days

Cardinal electors

locked in under conclave rules

Key officials

DeanAlessandro Farnese
CamerlengoFilippo Guastavillani

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.