1592 Conclave
elected Clement VIII10–30 January 1592 · The early modern conclaves · Apostolic Palace, Papal States
Pope Innocent IX died on December 30, 1591, only two months into his pontificate. This created the fourth sede vacante in the year and a half since the death of Pope Sixtus V, who had died on August 27, 1590.
Elected pope
Clement VIII
Ippolito Aldobrandini
Succeeded
Sixtus V
Duration
21 days
20 ballots
Cardinal electors
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locked in under conclave rules
Key officials
| Dean | Alfonso Gesualdo |
| Camerlengo | Enrico Caetani |
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.