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Election of Gregory XVI

When: 2 February 1831
Where: Papal States
Part of: Austrian suppression of the 1831 Italian revolts and Gregory XVI's election

Cardinal Cappellari was elected Pope Gregory XVI on 2 February 1831, succeeding Pius VIII after a fifty-day conclave.

Pius VIII died in November 1830. The subsequent conclave lasted fifty days. On 2 February 1831, Bartolomeo Alberto Cappellari was unexpectedly chosen as pope. He took the name Gregory XVI and issued a proclamation on 9 February expressing good will towards his subjects.

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Pope Gregory XVI Wikipedia, revision of 2026-08-31

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