Election of Pope Nicholas V

Name: Election of Pope Nicholas V
Start: 1447

Type Event Region Italy Time 1447

On 6 March 1447 the cardinals in Rome elected Tommaso Parentucelli as pope, taking the name Nicholas V, the first humanist pope of the Renaissance, w…

Timeline

1447Rome · ItalyAfter the death of Pope Eugene IV, the cardinals in Rome elected the Archbishop of Bologna, Tommaso Parentucelli, as the new pope, taking the name Nicholas V, ending a vacancy of ten months.
1447Rome · ItalyNicholas V was crowned on 19 March and immediately began negotiations with the Council of Basel faction and the antipope Felix V, promoting church unity and launching plans for the restoration of Rome and patronage of humanist scholarship.

Sources

Nicholas V https://www.britannica.com/biography/Nicholas-V-pope
The Oxford Dictionary of Popes — J. N. D. Kelly (2010)