Papal conclaves have featured calls of election fraud and bribery so gauche that riches were wheeled in on donkey carts.

Who was the oldest elected pope? The oldest popes were Pope Celestine III (elected in 1191) and Celestine V (elected in 1294), who were both nearly 85. Benedict XVI was 78 when he was elected in 2005.

Pope Celestine V, on the other hand, was a saintly man who persuaded himself that the papacy would damn his soul and resigned in 1294, less than six months after assuming the office. We encounter ...

The oldest popes were Pope Celestine III (elected in 1191) and Celestine V (elected in 1294) who were both nearly 85. Benedict XVI was 78 when he was elected in 2005. There is no requirement that ...

The conclave ended with the election of Pope Celestine V, who resigned five months into his papacy. In more recent history, the longest conclave was in 1740. That vote, which resulted in the ...

The oldest popes were Pope Celestine III (elected in 1191) and Celestine V (elected in 1294) who were both nearly 85. Benedict XVI was 78 when he was elected in 2005. Cardinals stand in prayer ...

Who was the oldest elected pope? The oldest popes were Pope Celestine III (elected in 1191) and Celestine V (elected in 1294), who were both nearly 85. Benedict XVI was 78 when he was elected in 2005.