1823 conclave
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A papal conclave was held from 2 to 28 September 1823 to elect a new pope to succeed Pius VII, who had died on 20 August. Of the 49 members of the College of Cardinals, all but four attended. On the f
Charles Picqué – Portrait de Léon XII
Giulio Maria della Somaglia
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Giulio Maria della Somaglia was an Italian cardinal. and Secretary of State under Pope Leo XII. He was known as a staunch zelante cardinal who helped enforce an authoritarian regime in the crumbling P
1823 conclave
…VII's death. The length of Pius VII's papacy had a significant influence, because of the forty-nine electors who participated in the conclave, only Giulio Maria della Somaglia and Fabrizio Ruffo were already cardinals when Pius VII was elected in 1800. Forty-seven of the forty-nine electors had had no experience electing a…
Portrait of Somaglia by Gaspare Landi, c. 1786