Cardinal electors for the May 1605 papal conclave

The papal conclave of May 1605 was convened on the death of Pope Leo XI and ended with the election of Camillo Borghese as Pope Paul V on 16 May 1605. It was the second of two papal conclaves in 1605, with Leo dying on 27 April 1605, twenty-six days after he was elected in the March–April 1605 papal conclave.

Painting of Pope Paul V, who was elected pope at the May 1605 conclave.
Camillo Borghese, who had been considered too young for the papacy in the March 1605 conclave, was elected Pope Paul V on 16 May 1605.[1]

Pope Nicholas II had reserved the right to elect the pope to the cardinal bishops, priests, and deacons of Rome in 1059.[2] The cardinal bishops were the highest rank, being the bishops of the ancient suburbicarian dioceses. Cardinal priests ranked next, serving as the titular head of historically important churches in Rome. Last ranked the cardinal deacons, who were nominally assigned one of the ancient diaconia where traditionally deacons had administered the material possessions of the Church of Rome. Cardinals were required to have been ordained at least to the rank of their order within the College of Cardinals, but could also be ordained to a higher order.[3]

In 1586, Pope Sixtus V had mandated that the maximum number of cardinals be seventy.[4] Of these, the College of Cardinals had sixty-nine total members at the time of Clement VIII's death.[5][6] Following Leo's election, Girolamo Agucchi had also died on 27 April, the same day as Leo, reducing the total number of cardinals in the College by two.[7] The electors present had been created by six different popes: Pius IV, Gregory XIII, Sixtus V, Gregory XIV, Innocent IX, and Clement VIII. Clement's creations were the most numerous, as he had created thirty-nine of the cardinal electors. Innocent IX had created one of the conclave's electors, Gregory XIV had created five, Sixtus V had created eleven, Gregory XIII had created three, and Pius IV had created one.[8][i]

Cardinal electors

Fifty-nine total cardinals entered the conclave, and Paolo Emilio Zacchia and Carlo Gaudenzio Madruzzo participated in the conclave, assenting to the final vote, but did not enter the proceedings because they were sick.[9][10]

Domenico Toschi was one of the leading candidates in the May 1605 conclave, but ultimately failed to win election after Caesar Baronius objected to his use of vulgar language.[11]
NameRank[9][ii]Created cardinal by[8]NationalitySources
Tolomeo GallioBishopPius IVItalian[12]
François de JoyeuseBishopGregory XIIIFrench[13]
Domenico PinelliBishopSixtus V[iii]Italian[14]
Girolamo BernerioBishopSixtus V[iii]Italian[14]
Agostino ValierPriestGregory XIIIItalian[15]
Antonio Maria GalloPriestSixtus VItalian[14]
Antonmaria SauliPriestSixtus VItalian[16]
Benedetto GiustinianiPriestSixtus VItalian[17]
Giovanni Evangelista PallottaPriestSixtus VItalian[16]
Federico BorromeoPriestSixtus VItalian[16]
Francesco Maria del MontePriestSixtus VItalian[16]
Gregorio PetrocchiniPriestSixtus VItalian[18]
Mariano PierbenedettiPriestSixtus VItalian[18]
Paolo Emilio SfondratiPriestGregory XIVItalian[19]
Ottavio ParaviciniPriestGregory XIVItalian[19]
Ottavio d'Aquaviva d'AragonaPriestGregory XIVItalian[19]
Flaminio PiattiPriestGregory XIVItalian[20]
Giovanni Antonio Facchinetti de Nuce[iv]PriestInnocent IXItalian[21]
Pietro AldobrandiniPriestClement VIIIItalian[22]
Francesco Maria TarugiPriestClement VIIIItalian[22]
Ottavio BandiniPriestClement VIIIItalian[22]
Anne d'Escars de GivryPriestClement VIIIFrench[22]
Giovanni Francesco Biandrate di San Giorgio AldobrandiniPriestClement VIIIItalian[23]
Camillo Borghese[v]PriestClement VIIIItalian[23]
Caesar BaroniusPriestClement VIIIItalian[23]
Lorenzo BianchettiPriestClement VIIIItalian[23]
Francisco de ÁvilaPriestClement VIIISpanish[23]
Francesco ManticaPriestClement VIIIItalian[23]
Pompeio ArrigoniPriestClement VIIIItalian[23]
Bonifazio Bevilacqua AldobrandiniPriestClement VIIIItalian[23]
Alfonso ViscontiPriestClement VIIIItalian[24]
Domenico ToschiPriestClement VIIIItalian[24]
Paolo Emilio Zacchia[vi]PriestClement VIIIItalian[25]
Franz von DietrichsteinPriestClement VIIIGerman[24][26]
Robert BellarminePriestClement VIIIItalian[24]
François de SourdisPriestClement VIIIFrench[24]
Séraphin Olivier-RazaliPriestClement VIIIFrench[27]
Domenico GinnasiPriestClement VIIIItalian[27]
Antonio Zapata y CisnerosPriestClement VIIISpanish[27]
Filippo SpinelliPriestClement VIIIItalian[24]
Carlo ContiPriestClement VIIIItalian[24]
Carlo Gaudenzio Madruzzo[vi]PriestClement VIIIGerman[vii][27]
Jacques Davy DuperronPriestClement VIIIFrench[24]
Innocenzo del Bufalo-CancellieriPriestClement VIIIItalian[24]
Giovanni DelfinoPriestClement VIIIItalian[24]
Giacomo SannesioPriestClement VIIIItalian[5]
Girolamo PamphiliPriestClement VIIIItalian[5]
Ferdinando TavernaPriestClement VIIIItalian[5]
Anselmo MarzatoPriestClement VIIIItalian[5]
Erminio ValentiPriestClement VIIIItalian[5]
Francesco SforzaDeaconGregory XIIIItalian[13]
Alessandro Peretti di MontaltoDeaconSixtus VItalian[28]
Odoardo FarneseDeaconGregory XIVItalian[29]
Cinzio Passeri AldobrandiniDeaconClement VIIIItalian[22]
Bartolomeo CesiDeaconClement VIIIItalian[23]
Andrea Baroni Peretti MontaltoDeaconClement VIIIItalian[23]
Alessandro d'EsteDeaconClement VIIIItalian[24]
Giovanni Battista DetiDeaconClement VIIIItalian[24]
Silvestro AldobrandiniDeaconClement VIIIItalian[22]
Giovanni Andrea DoriaDeaconClement VIIIItalian[5]
Carlo Emanuele Pio di SavoiaDeaconClement VIIIItalian[5]

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