Cardinals are gathered in the Vatican Sistine Chapel to elect a new Pope in a meeting known as the Conclave.
Clerics who talked to the press before imprisonment claimed to expect this conclave to last between two and three days – the average of the last votes.
Anyway, a Pope has not been elected on the first day for centuries. See below.
Conclave that lasted one day
In 1503, an extraordinarily fast conclave defined the successor of Pius III in just 10 hours.
At the time, Giuliano Della Rovere an influential figure among the cardinals was chosen to assume the pontificate. He opted for the name of Julius II .
The vote was performed after the death of the Pope Pius III which was in power for only one month. The cardinal group gathered for the second time in a space of weeks and, already getting to know each other very well, quickly concluded by the election of Rovere .
This content was originally published in Conclave: Pope has not been elected on the first day for centuries on the CNN Brazil website.
Source: CNN Brasil
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