1724 Conclave
elected Benedict XIII20 March – 28 May 1724 · The early modern conclaves · Apostolic Palace, Papal States
The 1724 papal conclave was called upon the death of Pope Innocent XIII. It began on 20 March 1724 and ended on 28 May that year with the election of Cardinal Pierfrancesco Orsini, a Dominican friar, as Pope Benedict XIII.
Elected pope
Benedict XIII
Pierfrancesco Orsini
Succeeded
Innocent XIII
Duration
2 months
Cardinal electors
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locked in under conclave rules
Key officials
| Dean | Sebastiano Tanara |
| Camerlengo | Annibale Albani |
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.