Papal conclave, 1458
Coat of arms during the vacancy of the Holy See
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| Dates and location | |
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| 16–19 August 1458 Apostolic Palace, Papal States |
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| Key officials | |
| Dean | Giorgio Fieschi |
| Camerlengo | Ludovico Trevisan |
| Protopriest | Petrus von Schaumberg |
| Protodeacon | Prospero Colonna |
| Elected Pope | |
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Enea Silvio Bartolomeo Piccolomini Name taken: Pius II |
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The Papal conclave of 1458 (August 16–19, 1458) convened after the death of Pope Callixtus III, elected as his successor Cardinal Enea Silvio Piccolomini, who took the name Pius II.
Pope Callixtus III, the first pope of the House of Borgia, died on August 6, 1458. He was severely criticized due to his nepotism and devotion towards his compatriots of Catalonia, very unpopular among the rather xenophobic Roman populace. After the Pope's death an open revolt against had broken up and some of his partisans (e.g. his nephew Pedro Luis de Borja) had to flee Rome.
At the time of Callixtus' death, there were 27 living cardinals, of whom 19 were in Rome, but on August 14 Cardinal Domenico Capranica, archpriest of the College, unexpectedly died. In the conclave participated 18 out of 26 members of the Sacred College:
(called Cardinal Fieschi)
(Cardinal of Ruthenia)
administrator of SS. Marcellino e Pietro
(Cardinal of Nicea)
commendatario of SS. XII Apostoli
(Cardinal of Rouen)
(Cardinal of S. Sisto)
(Cardinal of S. Marco)
(Cardinal of Messina)
(Cardinal Orsini)
(Cardinal of Avignon)
(Cardinal of Bologna)
(Cardinal of Segorbe)
(Cardinal of Zamora)
(Cardinal of Pavia)
(Cardinal of Siena)
(Cardinal of S. Anastasia)
(Cardinal Colonna)
(Cardinal of Portugal)
(Cardinal Vicechancellor)
commendatario of S. Maria in Via Lata
Eight electors were Italian, five Spaniards, two French, two Greeks and one Portuguese. Seven of them were created by Callistus III, six by Eugenius IV, four by Nicholas V and one by Martin V.
Eight cardinals did not participate in this conclave:
(Cardinal of Foix)
(Cardinal of Augsburg)
(Cardinal of Esztergom)
(Cardinal of Aquileia)
(Cardinal of S. Angelo)
(Cardinal of Autun)
(Cardinal of S. Pietro in Vincoli)
(Cardinal of Coutances)
Of the absentee cardinals four were creatures of Eugenius IV, two of Nicholas V and one of Callixtus III. Pierre de Foix was the last surviving cardinal of the Great Western Schism and was elevated by Pisan Antipope John XXIII.
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