1758 Conclave

elected Clement XIII

15 May – 6 July 1758 · The early modern conclaves · Apostolic Palace, Papal States

Curial group – it included two factions of curial Cardinals: anziani – the small party of the Cardinals created by Pope Clement XII with his Cardinal-nephew Neri Maria Corsini as leader; and zelanti – the group of the conservative Cardinals, headed by Cardinal Giuseppe Spinelli, who generally opposed any secular influence on the Church.

Elected pope

Clement XIII

Carlo di Rezzonico

Succeeded

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Duration

53 days

Cardinal electors

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locked in under conclave rules

Key officials

DeanRainiero d'Elci
CamerlengoHenry Benedict Stuart

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.