Two conclaves were held in 1503.
The first conclave was held following the death of Pope Alexander VI on August 18, 1503. This conclave lasted from September 16, 1503 to September 22, 1503 and ended in the election of Cardinal Francesco Piccolomini, who took the name of Pope Pius III.
The second conclave followed the death of Pope Pius III on October 18, 1503. This conclave lasted from October 31, 1503 to November 1, 1503 and ended in the election of Cardinal Giuliano della Rovere, who took the name of Pope Julius II.
Participants in the conclaves of 1503
The following table lists all cardinals eligible to vote in the papal conclaves of 1503 and indicates which conclaves each cardinal actually participated in.
NameNationalityPortraitSeptember conclaveOctober conclaveGiuliano della RovereItalianJorge da Costa Portuguese Girolamo Basso della RovereItalianOliviero CarafaItalianAntonio Pallavicini GentiliItalianLorenzo Cybo de MariItalianFrancesco PiccolominiItalian † Raffaele RiarioItalianGiovanni ColonnaItalianAscanio SforzaItalianGiovanni de' MediciItalianFederico di SanseverinoItalianGiovanni Antonio SangiorgioItalianBernardino López de CarvajalSpanish Giuliano Cesarini, iunioreItalianDomenico GrimaniItalianAlessandro FarneseItalianIppolito d'EsteItalianLuigi d'AragonaItalianJuan de CastroSpanish Georges d'AmboiseFrench Amanieu d'AlbretFrench Pedro Luis de Borja Lanzol de RomaníSpanish Jaime Serra i CauSpanish (Valencian)Pietro IsvaliesItalianFrancisco de BorjaSpanish Juan de VeraSpanish Ludovico ProdocatorCypriotAntonio Trivulzio, senioreItalianMarco CornaroItalianGianstefano FerreroItalianJuan Castellar y de BorjaSpanish Francisco de RemolinsSpanish Francesco SoderiniItalianNiccolò FieschiItalianFrancisco DespratsSpanish Adriano CastellesiItalianJaime de CasanovaSpanish Francisco Lloris y de BorjaSpanish (Valencian)Luis Juan del MilàSpanish (Valencian) Raymond PeraudiFrenchGuillaume BriçonnetFrench Philippe de LuxembourgFrench Tamás BakóczHungarian Melchior von MeckauGerman
Konrad Eubel provides a list of the cardinals at the Conclave of October 1503, in which he states that Melchior Cupis von Meckau was not present. Joannes Burchard, the papal Master of Ceremonies for the Conclave, does not include Von Meckau or his conclavists in his list of participants. There were thirty-nine cardinal electors present for the September conclave.Adams, John Paul. "Sede Vacantee (1)", CSUN, June 2, 2015
See also List of popes
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