1471 conclave

Papal conclave
August 1471
Dates and location
6–9 August 1471
Apostolic Palace, Papal States
Key officials
DeanBasilios Bessarion
ProtopriestJean Rolin
ProtodeaconRoderic de Borja
Elected pope
Francesco della Rovere
Name taken: Sixtus IV

The 1471 papal conclave (6–9 August) elected Pope Sixtus IV following the death of Pope Paul II. With the exception of the conclaves of the Western Schism, this conclave was the first since 1305 to feature a working, two-thirds majority of Italians within the College of Cardinals, in no small part because of the absence of six non-Italian cardinals. This was in part due to the unexpectedness of the death of Paul II.

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