The 1644 conclave for the election of a successor to Pope Urban VIII was long and contentious, lasting from 9 August to 15 September. A large French faction led by Urban VIII's nephews objected to the Spanish candidate, as an enemy of Cardinal Mazarin, who guided French policy. They put up their own candidate (Giulio Cesare Sacchetti) but could not establish enough support for him and agreed to Cardinal Pamphili as an acceptable compromise, though he had served as legate to Spain. History of the popes; their church and state (Volume III) by Leopold von Ranke (2009, Wellesley College Library) Mazarin, bearing the French veto of Pamphili, arrived too late, and the election was accomplished.
The 1644 conclave for the election of a successor to Pope Urban VIII was long and contentious, lasting from 9 August to 15 September. A large French faction led by Urban VIII's nephews objected to the Spanish candidate, as an enemy of Cardinal Mazarin, who guided French policy. They put up their own candidate (Giulio Cesare Sacchetti) but could not establish enough support for him and agreed to Cardinal Pamphili as an acceptable compromise, though he had served as legate to Spain. History of the popes; their church and state (Volume III) by Leopold von Ranke (2009, Wellesley College Library) Mazarin, bearing the French veto of Pamphili, arrived too late, and the election was accomplished