Papal conclave, 1669–70

Papal conclave 1669–70
Coat of arms during the vacancy of the Holy See
Dates and location
20 December 1669 – 29 April 1670 Apostolic Palace, Papal States
Key officials
Dean	Francesco Barberini
Sub-Dean	Marzio Ginetti
Camerlengo	Antonio Barberini
Protopriest	Virginio Orsini
Protodeacon	Francesco Maidalchini
Election
Vetoed	Benedetto Odescalchi, Pietro Vidoni (disputed)
Elected Pope
Emilio Bonaventura Altieri (Name taken: Clement X)

The papal conclave from 20 December 1669 to 29 April 1670 elected Cardinal Emilio Altieri as Pope Clement X.

Cardinal electors

Elector	Nationality	Order	Title	Elevated	Elevator	Notes
Francesco Barberini	Florentine	Cardinal-bishop	Bishop of Ostia e Velletri	1623, 2 October	Urban VIII	Dean of the College of Cardinals, Cardinal-nephew
Marzio Ginetti		Cardinal-bishop	Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina	1626, 19 January	Urban VIII	Sub-Dean of the College of Cardinals; Left 30 March
Antonio Barberini, iuniore		Cardinal-bishop	Bishop of Palestrina	1627, 30 August	Urban VIII	Cardinal-nephew; Left 3 February; Returned 17 March; Left 28 March
Francesco Maria Brancaccio		Cardinal-bishop	Bishop of Frascati	1633, 28 November	Urban VIII
Ulderico Carpegna	Roman	Cardinal-bishop	Bishop of Albano	1633, 28 November	Urban VIII
Giulio Gabrielli		Cardinal-bishop	Bishop of Sabina	1641, 16 December	Urban VIII
Virginio Orsini				1641, 16 December	Urban VIII	Absent 24 to 27 January; Left 27 February
Cardinal Rinaldo d'Este				1641, 16 December	Urban VIII
Cesare Facchinetti		Cardinal-bishop	Bishop of Spoleto	1643, 13 July	Urban VIII
Carlo Rossetti		Cardinal-bishop	Bishop of Faenza	1643, 13 July	Urban VIII
Niccolò Albergati-Ludovisi				1645, 6 March	Innocent X	Left 18 March
Federico Sforza				1645, 6 March	Innocent X
Benedetto Odescalchi				1645, 6 March	Innocent X	Vetoed by France; Future Pope Innocent XI
Alderano Cybo		Cardinal-bishop	Bishop of Iesi	1645, 6 March	Innocent X
Lorenzo Raggi				1647, 7 October	Innocent X	Left 7 January
Jean François Paul de Gondi				1652, 19 February	Innocent X	Arrived 16 January (entered 18 January)
Luigi Omodei				1652, 19 February	Innocent X
Pietro Vito Ottoboni				1652, 19 February	Innocent X	Future Alexander VIII
Marcello Publicola Santacroce		Cardinal-bishop	Bishop of Tivoli	1652, 19 February	Innocent X	Left 7 February; Returned 16 February
Friedrich von Hessen-Darmstadt, O.S.Io.Hieros				1652, 19 February	Innocent X	Arrived 21 December
Lorenzo Imperiali				1652, 19 February	Innocent X	Left 7 January; Returned 30 January
Giberto Borromeo				1652, 19 February	Innocent X	Arrived 26 December
Giovanni Battista Spada				1654, 2 March	Innocent X	Left 3 February
Francesco Albizzi				1654, 2 March	Innocent X
Ottavio Acquaviva d'Aragona, iuniore				1654, 2 March	Innocent X	Left 27 February
Carlo Pio di Savoia				1654, 2 March	Innocent X
Carlo Gualterio				1654, 2 March	Innocent X	Cardinal-nephew
Flavio Chigi, seniore	Roman			1657, 9 April	Alexander VII	Cardinal-nephew
Girolamo Buonvisi		Cardinal-bishop	Bishop of Lucca	1657, 9 April	Alexander VII
Scipione Pannocchieschi d'Elci		Cardinal-bishop	Arch-bishop of Pisa	1657, 9 April	Alexander VII	Arrived 28 December; Left 24 March; Died 13 April 1670
Antonio Bichi		Cardinal-bishop	Bishop of Osimo	1657, 9 April	Alexander VII	Cardinal-nephew
Pietro Vidoni				1660, 5 April	Alexander VII	Possibly vetoed by Spain,^[1] but this is disputed.^[2]^[3]
Girolamo Boncompagni		Cardinal-bishop	Arch-bishop of Bologna	1664, 14 January	Alexander VII
Celio Piccolomini				1664, 14 January	Alexander VII	Left 28 January; Returned 23 February
Carlo Bonelli				1664, 14 January	Alexander VII	Left 23 February; Returned 16 March
Carlo Carafa della Spina				1664, 14 January	Alexander VII
Alfonso Litta		Cardinal-bishop	Arch-bishop of Milan	1664, 14 January	Alexander VII	Arrived 30 December
Neri Corsini, seniore				1664, 14 January	Alexander VII
Paluzzo Paluzzi Altieri degli Albertoni				1664, 14 January	Alexander VII
Cesare Rasponi				1664, 14 January	Alexander VII	Legate in Urbino
Giannicolò Conti di Poli		Cardinal-bishop	Bishop of Ancona	1664, 14 January	Alexander VII
Giacomo Filippo Nini				1664, 14 January	Alexander VII
Carlo Roberti				1666, 15 February	Alexander VII	Legate in Romandiola
Giulio Spinola				1666, 15 February	Alexander VII
Vitaliano Visconti				1666, 15 February	Alexander VII
Innico Caracciolo d'Airola		Cardinal-bishop	Arch-bishop of Naples	1666, 15 February	Alexander VII	Arrived 22 December
Giovanni Delfino				1667, 7 March	Alexander VII
Giacomo Rospigliosi				1667, 12 December	Clement IX	Cardinal-nephew; Legate in Avignon
Emmanuel Théodose de la Tour d'Auvergne de Bouillon	French			1669, 5 August	Clement IX	Arrived 16 January (entered 20 January)
Luis Manuel Fernández de Portocarrero	Spanish			1669, 5 August	Clement IX	Arrived 19 April; Entered 23 April
Francesco Nerli, seniore	Florentine			1669, 29 November	Clement IX
Emilio Altieri				1669, 29 November	Clement IX	Elected Pope Clement X
Carlo Cerri				1669, 29 November	Clement IX
Lazaro Pallavicino				1669, 29 November	Clement IX	Left 22 February; Returned 15 March
Giovanni Bona, O.Cist				1669, 29 November	Clement IX
Francesco Maidalchini				1647, 7 October	Innocent X	Cardinal-nephew
Carlo Barberini				1653, 23 June	Innocent X
Decio Azzolino				1654, 2 March	Innocent X
Giacomo Franzoni		Cardinal-bishop	Bishop of Camerino	1658, 29 April	Alexander VII
Francesco Maria Mancini				1660, 5 April	Alexander VII
Angelo Celsi				1664, 14 January	Alexander VII
Paolo Savelli				1664, 14 January	Alexander VII
Leopoldo de' Medici	Florentine			1667, 12 December	Clement IX
Sigismondo Chigi				1667, 12 December	Clement IX
Niccolò Acciaioli	Florentine			1669, 29 November	Clement IX
Bonaccorso Bonaccorsi				1669, 29 November	Clement IX	Left 27 March

Absentee cardinals

Elector	Order	Title	Elevated	Elevator	Notes
Girolamo Grimaldi	Cardinal-bishop	Archbishop of Aix, France	1643, 13 July	Urban VIII
Gregorio Giovanni Gasparo Barbarigo	Cardinal-bishop	Bishop of Padua	1660, 5 April	Alexander VII
Pascual de Aragón-Córdoba-Cardona y Fernández de Córdoba		Archbishop of Toledo	1660, 5 April	Alexander VII
Luis Guillermo de Moncada de Aragón Luna de Peralta y de la Cerda			1667, 7 March	Alexander VII	Duke of Bivona

Notes

↑ Zizola, Giancarlo. 1993. Il conclave. Storia e segreti. L'elezione papale da San Pietro a Giovanni Paolo II. Rome: Newton. p. 124.
↑ Baumgartner, Frederic. 2003. Behind locked doors. A history of the papal elections. New York: Palgrave Macmillan. p. 160.
↑ Baron Carl Nils Daniel de Bildt, Christine de Suède et le Conclave de Clément X (1669-1670) (Paris: Plon 1906), pp. 210-211, points out that Vidoni had been the original candidate favored by Spain, but when the Spanish Royal Council met on March 29, and learned from dispatches that Vidoni's candidacy had failed, they blamed Cardinal Chigi and their Ambassador in Rome, Astorga.

Outside links

J. P. Adams, Sede Vacante of 1669-1670. Retrieved: 2016-03-18.
J. P. Adams, Documents concerning the Conclave of 1670. Retrieved: 2016-03-18.

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