The 1513 papal conclave, occasioned by the death of Pope Julius II on 21 February 1513, opened on 4 March with twenty-five cardinals in attendance, out of a total number of thirty-one. The conclave wa
Raffaello, ritratto di papa leone X tra i cardinali luigi de' rossi e giulio de' medici, 1518, 03
Rafaele Riario was a leading candidate in the Conclave. Riario, a former member of the Pazzi conspiracy against the Medici, would later be caught plotting against Leo X and be forced to surrender the Palazzo della Cancelleria to avoid execution.