Papal conclave, September 1590

Papal conclave September 1590
Coat of arms during the vacancy of the Holy See
Dates and location
September 1590 Apostolic Palace, Papal States
Key officials
Dean	Giovanni Antonio Serbelloni
Sub-Dean	Alfonso Gesualdo
Camerlengo	Enrico Caetani
Protopriest	Mark Sittich von Hohenems Altemps
Protodeacon	Andreas von Österreich
Elected Pope
Giovanni Battista Castagna (Name taken: Urban VII)

The papal conclave of September 1590 elected Giovanni Battista Castagna as Pope Urban VII.

There were sixty-seven cardinals attending: seven were French, three Spanish, two Germans, two Poles, and the rest Italian.

Cardinals attending:

• Giovanni Antonio Serbelloni, (aged 71), Suburbicarian Bishop of Ostia and Velletri, Dean of the Sacred College
• Alfonso Gesualdo (aged 50), Suburbicarian Bishop of Porto and Santa Rufina
• Innico d'Avalos d'Aragona (aged 55 or 56), Suburbicarian Bishop of Frascati
• Marco Antonio Colonna, Suburbicarian Bishop of Palestrina
• Tolomeo Gallio (aged 63), Suburbicarian Bishop of Sabina
• Gabriele Paleotti (aged 68), Suburbicarian Bishop of Albano
• Girolamo Simoncelli (aged 68), Cardinal Priest of Santa Prisca; Administrator of Orvieto.
• Markus Sitticus von Hohenems Altemps (aged 57), nephew of Pius IV, Cardinal Priest of S. Giorgio in Velabro
• Nicolas de Pellevé (aged 75), Cardinal Priest of S. Prassede (died 1594) Archbishop of Sens.
• Ludovico Madruzzo (aged 58), nephew of Cardinal Cristoforo Madruzzi, Cardinal Priest of S. Onofrio (d. 1600) Bishop of Trent.
• Michele Bonelli, OP (aged 49), Cardinal Priest of S. Lorenzo in Lucina, Cardinal Vicar of Rome, grand nephew of Pius V,
• Antonio Carafa (aged 52), Cardinal Priest of S. Giovanni e Paolo
• Giulio Antonio Santorio (aged 57), Cardinal Priest of S. Bartolommeo all' Isola
• Girolamo Rusticucci (aged 53), Cardinal Priest of S. Susanna, former Bishop of SinigagliaVicar General of Rome
• Gian Girolamo Albani (aged 86), Cardinal Priest of San Giovanni a Porta Latina
• Pedro de Deza (aged 70), Cardinal Priest of San Girolamo dei Croati; professor of law at Salamanca. Grand Inquisitor
• Giovanni Vincenzo Gonzaga (aged 49), Cardinal Priest of S. Alessio. Knight of St. John of Jerusalem
• Giovanni Antonio Facchinetti (aged 71), Cardinal Priest of Santi Quattro Coronati
• Giovanni Battista Castagna (aged 68), Cardinal Priest of S. Marcello. Doctor in utroque iure, Bologna elected as Pope Urban VII
• Alessandro de' Medici (aged 55), Cardinal Priest of S. Giovanni e Paolo
• Niccolò Sfondrati (aged 55), Cardinal Priest of S. Cecilia Bishop of Cremona
• Giulio Canani (aged 66), Cardinal Priest of S. Anastasia Bishop of Modena
• Agostino Valier (aged 59), Cardinal Priest of S. Marco; Bishop of Verona
• Antonmaria Salviati (aged 53), Cardinal Priest of S. Maria della Pace
• Vincenzo Lauro (aged 67) Cardinal Priest of S. Clemente, Bishop of Mondovi
• Simeone Tagliavia d'Aragonia(aged 40), Cardinal Priest of S. Maria degli Angeli
• Filippo Spinola (aged 55), Cardinal Priest of S. Sabina
• Scipione Lancelotti (aged 63), Cardinal Priest of S. Salvatore in Lauro
• Giovanni Battista Castrucci (aged 49), Cardinal Priest of S. Maria in Aracoeli, Archbishop of Chieti
• Federico Cornaro (aged 59), Cardinal Priest of S. Stefano Rotondo, Bishop of Padua
• Domenico Pinello (aged 49), Cardinal Priest of S. Crisogono, professor of law at Padua; Archpriest of S. Maria Maggiore
• Ippolito Aldobrandini (aged 54), Cardinal Priest of S. Pancrazio; Major Penitentiary
• Girolamo della Rovere (aged 62), Cardinal Priest of S. Pietro in vincoli, Archbishop of Turin
• Girolamo Bernerio, OP (aged 50), Cardinal Priest of S. Maria sopra Minerva, Bishop of Ascoli Piceno
• Antonio Maria Galli (37), Cardinal Priest of S. Agnese in Agone, Bishop of Perugia
• Costanzo da Sarnano, OFM Conv. (aged 59), Cardinal Priest of S. Pietro in Montorio
• Benedetto Giustiniani (aged 36), Cardinal Priest of S. Marcello
• William Allen (aged 58), Cardinal Priest of SS. Silvestro e Martino
• Scipione Gonzaga (aged 47), Cardinal Priest of S. Maria del Popolo, Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem
• Antonmaria Sauli (aged 49), Cardinal Priest of S. Stefano al Monte Celio, former Bishop of Genoa
• Giovanni Palotta (aged 42), Cardinal Priest of S. Matteo in Merulana, former Archbishop of Cosenza, Archpriest of the Vatican Basilica Papal Datary
• Juan Hurtado de Mendoza (aged 42), Cardinal Priest of S. Maria in Trastevere
• Giovanni Francesco Morosini (aged 53), Cardinal Priest of S. Maria in Via, Bishop of Brescia
• Mariano Pierbenedetti (aged 52) Cardinal Priest of SS. Marcellino e Pietro
• Gregorio Petrocchini (aged 55), Cardinal Priest of S. Agostino
• Francesco Sforza di Santa Fiora (aged 28), Cardinal Deacon of S. Maria in Via Lata, Grand-nephew of Pope Paul III.
• Alessandro Damasceni Peretti (aged 19), Cardinal Deacon of S. Lorenzo in Damaso, Vice-Chancellor of the Holy Roman Church, grand-nephew of Sixtus V
• Girolamo Mattei (aged 43), Cardinal Deacon of S. Eustachio
• Ascanio Colonna (aged 30), Cardinal Deacon of S. Maria in Cosmedin. Knight of Malta
• Federico Borromeo (aged 26), Cardinal Deacon of S. Nicola in Carcere Tulliano
• Agostino Cusani (aged 48), Cardinal Priest of S. Lorenzo in Panisperna
• Francesco Maria Del Monte (aged 41), Cardinal Deacon of S. Maria in Domnica
• Guido Pepoli (aged 30), Cardinal Deacon of San Cosma e Damiano

Cardinals not attending

• Andreas von Austria (aged 31), Cardinal Deacon of Santa Maria Novae
• Albrecht von Austria (aged 29), Cardinal Deacon of Santa Croce in Gerusalemme
• Gaspar de Quiroga y Vila (aged 78), Cardinal Priest of Santa Balbina, Archbishop of Toledo
• Hugues Loubenx de Verdalle (aged 59), Cardinal Deacon of Santa Maria in Portico, Grand Master of the Sovereign order of the Knights of Saint John of Jerusalem
• François de Joyeuse (aged 28), Cardinal Priest of Santissima Trinità dei Monti, Archbishop of Toulouse, Protector of France
• Jerzy Radzvil (Radziwill) (aged 34), Cardinal Priest of San Sisto Vecchio, Bishop of Krakow
• Andrew Báthory (aged 24), Cardinal Deacon of S. Adriano
• Rodrigo de Castro Osorio (aged 67), Cardinal Priest of SS. XII Apostoli, Archbishop of Seville
• Charles II de Bourbon-Vendôme (aged 28), Cardinal Deacon without a deaconry, Archbishop-elect of Rouen
• Enrico Caetani (aged 40), Cardinal Priest of Santa Pudenziana, Latin Patriarch of Alexandria, Cardinal Camerlengo Legate in France
• Charles de Lorraine-Vaudemont (aged 23), Cardinal Deacon of S. Agata in Suburra
• Philippe de Lenoncourt (aged 63), Cardinal Priest of San Onofrio
• Pierre de Gondi (aged 58), Cardinal Priest of San Silvestro in Capite, Bishop of Paris