September 1590 papal conclave
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| Papal conclave September 1590 | |
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| Dates and location | |
| September 1590 Apostolic Palace, Papal States | |
| Key officials | |
| Dean | Giovanni Antonio Serbelloni |
| Sub-dean | Alfonso Gesualdo |
| Camerlengo | Enrico Caetani |
| Protopriest | Mark Sittich von Hohenems Altemps |
| Protodeacon | Andreas von Österreich |
| Elected pope | |
| Giovanni Battista Castagna Name taken: Urban VII | |
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The September 1590 papal conclave elected Giovanni Battista Castagna as Pope Urban VII.
There were sixty-seven cardinals attending: seven were French, three Spanish, two Germans, two Poles, and the rest Italian.
Cardinals attending:
- Giovanni Antonio Serbelloni, (aged 71), Suburbicarian Bishop of Ostia and Velletri, Dean of the Sacred College
- Alfonso Gesualdo (aged 50), Suburbicarian Bishop of Porto and Santa Rufina
- Innico d'Avalos d'Aragona (aged 55 or 56), Suburbicarian Bishop of Frascati
- Marco Antonio Colonna, Suburbicarian Bishop of Palestrina
- Tolomeo Gallio (aged 63), Suburbicarian Bishop of Sabina
- Gabriele Paleotti (aged 68), Suburbicarian Bishop of Albano
- Girolamo Simoncelli (aged 68), Cardinal Priest of Santa Prisca; Administrator of Orvieto.
- Markus Sitticus von Hohenems Altemps (aged 57), nephew of Pius IV, Cardinal Priest of S. Giorgio in Velabro
- Nicolas de Pellevé (aged 75), Cardinal Priest of S. Prassede (died 1594) Archbishop of Sens.
- Ludovico Madruzzo (aged 58), nephew of Cardinal Cristoforo Madruzzi, Cardinal Priest of S. Onofrio (d. 1600) Bishop of Trent.
- Michele Bonelli, OP (aged 49), Cardinal Priest of S. Lorenzo in Lucina, Cardinal Vicar of Rome, grand nephew of Pius V,
- Antonio Carafa (aged 52), Cardinal Priest of S. Giovanni e Paolo
- Giulio Antonio Santorio (aged 57), Cardinal Priest of S. Bartolommeo all' Isola
- Girolamo Rusticucci (aged 53), Cardinal Priest of S. Susanna, former Bishop of SinigagliaVicar General of Rome
- Gian Girolamo Albani (aged 86), Cardinal Priest of San Giovanni a Porta Latina
- Pedro de Deza (aged 70), Cardinal Priest of San Girolamo dei Croati; professor of law at Salamanca. Grand Inquisitor
- Giovanni Vincenzo Gonzaga (aged 49), Cardinal Priest of S. Alessio. Knight of St. John of Jerusalem
- Giovanni Antonio Facchinetti (aged 71), Cardinal Priest of Santi Quattro Coronati
- Giovanni Battista Castagna (aged 68), Cardinal Priest of S. Marcello. Doctor in utroque iure, Bologna elected as Pope Urban VII
- Alessandro de' Medici (aged 55), Cardinal Priest of S. Giovanni e Paolo
- Niccolò Sfondrati (aged 55), Cardinal Priest of S. Cecilia Bishop of Cremona
- Giulio Canani (aged 66), Cardinal Priest of S. Anastasia Bishop of Modena
- Agostino Valier (aged 59), Cardinal Priest of S. Marco; Bishop of Verona
- Antonmaria Salviati (aged 53), Cardinal Priest of S. Maria della Pace
- Vincenzo Lauro (aged 67) Cardinal Priest of S. Clemente, Bishop of Mondovi
- Simeone Tagliavia d'Aragonia(aged 40), Cardinal Priest of S. Maria degli Angeli
- Filippo Spinola (aged 55), Cardinal Priest of S. Sabina
- Scipione Lancelotti (aged 63), Cardinal Priest of S. Salvatore in Lauro
- Giovanni Battista Castrucci (aged 49), Cardinal Priest of S. Maria in Aracoeli, Archbishop of Chieti
- Federico Cornaro (aged 59), Cardinal Priest of S. Stefano Rotondo, Bishop of Padua
- Domenico Pinello (aged 49), Cardinal Priest of S. Crisogono, professor of law at Padua; Archpriest of S. Maria Maggiore
- Ippolito Aldobrandini (aged 54), Cardinal Priest of S. Pancrazio; Major Penitentiary
- Girolamo della Rovere (aged 62), Cardinal Priest of S. Pietro in vincoli, Archbishop of Turin
- Girolamo Bernerio, OP (aged 50), Cardinal Priest of S. Maria sopra Minerva, Bishop of Ascoli Piceno
- Antonio Maria Galli (37), Cardinal Priest of S. Agnese in Agone, Bishop of Perugia
- Costanzo da Sarnano, OFM Conv. (aged 59), Cardinal Priest of S. Pietro in Montorio
- Benedetto Giustiniani (aged 36), Cardinal Priest of S. Marcello
- William Allen (aged 58), Cardinal Priest of SS. Silvestro e Martino
- Scipione Gonzaga (aged 47), Cardinal Priest of S. Maria del Popolo, Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem
- Antonmaria Sauli (aged 49), Cardinal Priest of S. Stefano al Monte Celio, former Bishop of Genoa
- Giovanni Palotta (aged 42), Cardinal Priest of S. Matteo in Merulana, former Archbishop of Cosenza, Archpriest of the Vatican Basilica Papal Datary
- Juan Hurtado de Mendoza (aged 42), Cardinal Priest of S. Maria in Trastevere
- Giovan Francesco Morosini (aged 53), Cardinal Priest of S. Maria in Via, Bishop of Brescia
- Mariano Pierbenedetti (aged 52) Cardinal Priest of SS. Marcellino e Pietro
- Gregorio Petrocchini (aged 55), Cardinal Priest of S. Agostino
- Francesco Sforza di Santa Fiora (aged 28), Cardinal Deacon of S. Maria in Via Lata, Grand-nephew of Pope Paul III.
- Alessandro Damasceni Peretti (aged 19), Cardinal Deacon of S. Lorenzo in Damaso, Vice-Chancellor of the Holy Roman Church, grand-nephew of Sixtus V
- Girolamo Mattei (aged 43), Cardinal Deacon of S. Eustachio
- Ascanio Colonna (aged 30), Cardinal Deacon of S. Maria in Cosmedin. Knight of Malta
- Federico Borromeo (aged 26), Cardinal Deacon of S. Nicola in Carcere Tulliano
- Agostino Cusani (aged 48), Cardinal Priest of S. Lorenzo in Panisperna
- Francesco Maria Del Monte (aged 41), Cardinal Deacon of S. Maria in Domnica
- Guido Pepoli (aged 30), Cardinal Deacon of San Cosma e Damiano
Cardinals that did not attend
- Andreas von Austria (aged 31), Cardinal Deacon of Santa Maria Novae
- Albrecht von Austria (aged 29), Cardinal Deacon of Santa Croce in Gerusalemme
- Gaspar de Quiroga y Vila (aged 78), Cardinal Priest of Santa Balbina, Archbishop of Toledo
- Hugues Loubenx de Verdalle (aged 59), Cardinal Deacon of Santa Maria in Portico, Grand Master of the Sovereign order of the Knights of Saint John of Jerusalem
- François de Joyeuse (aged 28), Cardinal Priest of Santissima Trinità dei Monti, Archbishop of Toulouse, Protector of France
- Jerzy Radzvil (Radziwill) (aged 34), Cardinal Priest of San Sisto Vecchio, Bishop of Krakow
- Andrew Báthory (aged 24), Cardinal Deacon of S. Adriano
- Rodrigo de Castro Osorio (aged 67), Cardinal Priest of SS. XII Apostoli, Archbishop of Seville
- Charles II de Bourbon-Vendôme (aged 28), Cardinal Deacon without a deaconry, Archbishop-elect of Rouen
- Enrico Caetani (aged 40), Cardinal Priest of Santa Pudenziana, Latin Patriarch of Alexandria, Cardinal Camerlengo Legate in France
- Charles de Lorraine-Vaudemont (aged 23), Cardinal Deacon of S. Agata in Suburra
- Philippe de Lenoncourt (aged 63), Cardinal Priest of San Onofrio
- Pierre de Gondi (aged 58), Cardinal Priest of San Silvestro in Capite, Bishop of Paris
