On April 7, 1655, after a conclave of 80 days, Fabio Chigi was elected to succeed Innocent X as Pope. Taking the name Alexander VII, Chigi was initially viewed as an opponent of papal nepotism, however little progress was made. He served as pope until his death on May 22, 1667.
Bound in 18th century leather with an prefatory letter by the Prieur Gourreau, this manuscript was apparently intended for publication and may be an 18th century transcription of a presumably earlier manuscript. Editions of the Le Conclave d'Alexandre VII, ou Relation véritable de tout ce qui s'est passé et négocié au Conclave tenu à Rome depuis le 17 janvier jusqu'au 7 avril 1655 au sujet de l'élection du cardinal Fabio Chigi appeared in 1666 and 1667.
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After a conclave of 80 days, Fabio Chigi was elected to succeed Innocent X as Pope on April 7, 1655. Taking the name Alexander VII, Chigi was initially viewed as an opponent of papal nepotism, however his papacy produced little in the way of reform. He served as pope until his death on May 22, 1667.
Bound in 18th century leather with an prefatory letter by the Prieur Gourreau, this manuscript was apparently intended for publication and may be an 18th century transcription of a presumably earlier manuscript. Editions of the Le Conclave d'Alexandre VII, ou Relation véritable de tout ce qui s'est passé et négocié au Conclave tenu à Rome depuis le 17 janvier jusqu'au 7 avril 1655 au sujet de l'élection du cardinal Fabio Chigi appeared in 1666 and 1667.
The collection is open for research.
Transferred from the Forbes Library, Northampton, Mass.
Processed by I. Eliot Wentworth, Dec. 2015.
Cite as: Gourreau de la Proustière, "Conclave d'Alexandre vii" (MS 436 bd). Special Collections and University Archives, University of Massachusetts Amherst Libraries.
