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As a cardinal, Paul had previously maintained neutrality between the great powers of Spain and France that had dominated the previous conclave and were present in the current one as well. While he had been the papal envoy to Spain and was receiving a pension from them, he was largely low profile as a
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Cesare Baronius after the first ballot. Medici, the candidate who was finally elected, was also vetoed by the cardinal representing Spain but this occurred after the election of Leo XI, and the cardinals did not view the veto as valid. The March conclave had seen the rival Aldobrandini and Montalto
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died in March 1605. The 60 cardinal electors who met in the conclave to elect his successor were split among various factions roughly equally divided between loyalty to France and to Spain. In addition to the secular politics that influenced these papal elections, during this period they were marked
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Following the disruption, a vote was taken and it became clear that Toschi lacked the support needed for election by two votes. The leaders of the competing factions met to select a compromise candidate and Camillo Borghese was unanimously elected pope the same day. Borghese had been among the
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at the conclave that had elected Leo XI, but was considered too young at the time to become pope. At the May conclave, it became clear to the electors that he would be the only candidate acceptable to all the factions, and he was elected as a compromise candidate, taking the name Paul V.
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by a strategy among elite families to acquire prestige and power. These strategies often played out over several generations through patronage and the accumulation of wealth, and bestowing favours on family members once an individual's election to the papacy was expected.
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Leo was 70 at the time of his election and, though in good health previously, fell ill on the day of his coronation. He died on 27 April 1605, 26 days after his election to the papacy. During his illness, Leo had been encouraged to appoint a
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having concluded just 37 days earlier. It is significant for having the only recorded case of an injury at a papal conclave, which was the result of a physical fight amongst the cardinals over who should be elected pope.
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cardinal and perceived as neutral. At 54, Paul was young at the time of his election, and was anticipated to have a lengthy papacy, not requiring a third conclave soon. He lived until 1621, reigning nearly 16 years.
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factions unable to elect a member of either of their families to the papacy; both eventually agreed to elect Leo, a member of the cadet branch of the
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In addition to Leo, another cardinal had died, reducing the number of cardinal electors in the May conclave to 59. At the beginning of the conclave,
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listed up to twenty-one possible candidates considered by the cardinals, but the only ones that were seriously discussed during the conclave were
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opposed Bellarmine, and was able to undermine his candidacy because he had taken a very public position on the
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later reported that Baronius's opposition to Toschi was based on Toschi's frequent usage of the word
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for the papacy, but Bellarmine said he would "not lift a straw" to advance his own election.
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by Spain, which put an end to his candidacy. Aldobrandini also moved for the election of
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The Conclave: A Sometimes Secret and Occasionally Bloody History of Papal Elections
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De aliquis mutationibus in normis de electione Romani Pontificis
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Index

Papal conclave, May 1605
Apostolic Palace
Papal States
Vatican City
Camillo Borghese

March–April 1605
1621
papal conclave
Camillo Borghese
Leo XI
pope
took the name
second conclave of 1605
elected Leo XI
Pope Clement VIII
March 1605 conclave
Cesare Baronius
Alessandro Ottaviano de' Medici
veto
Medici
cardinal nephew
Alessandro Peretti di Montalto
Antonio Sauli
Pietro Aldobrandini
Pope Clement VIII
Robert Bellarmine
Anselmo Marzato
De Auxilliis controversy
vetoed

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