1914 Conclave
elected Benedict XV31 August – 3 September 1914 · The modern conclaves · Sistine Chapel, Apostolic Palace, Kingdom of Italy
A conclave was held from 31 August to 3 September 1914 to elect a new pope in succession to Pius X, who had died on 20 August. Of the 65 members of the College of Cardinals, all but eight attended.
Elected pope
Benedict XV
Giacomo della Chiesa
Succeeded
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Duration
4 days
10 ballots
Cardinal electors
57
locked in under conclave rules
Key officials
| Dean | Serafino Vannutelli |
| Camerlengo | Francesco Salesio Della Volpe |
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.