Papal conclave, 1484

The papal conclave from August 26-29, 1484 elected Pope Innocent VIII after the death of Pope Sixtus IV.
==The election==
At the death of Sixtus IV, the conclave of cardinals that met to elect his successor numbered thirty-two surviving cardinals, a greater number than at any time since the close of the twelfth century, excepting perhaps for the multiplied rival cardinalatial colleges of the Great Schism (1378–1417). 
The immediate context of the election was the nearly unprecedented packing of the College of Cardinals by Sixtus IV, not only in terms of overall size, but also in terms of cardinal-nephews and crown cardinals.Burkle-Young, Francis A. 1998. "The election of Pope Innocent VIII (1484)". As a result, nearly all of the non-Venetian cardinals supported the continuation of Sixtus IV's policies of isolation towards the Republic of Venice, specifically the Peace of Bagnolo. However, the two factions of cardinals differed over whether the church ought to prioritize the continuation of the Italian League or should prioritize papal power (especially vis-a-vis Naples) over the preservation of the peace. Cardinal Borja lead the first faction and Cardinal della Rovere the second; these factions were roughly aligned with the Orsini and Colonna families, respectively.
The conclave was carried out by the largest non-schismatic College since the eleventh century. Because of an intense dispute between the Colonna and Orsini, the city of Rome was marked more far more civil unrest during the sede vacante than was to be expected historically; as a result, Cardinal Barbo bribed Girolamo Riario 8000 ducats to withdrawal from the city for the duration of the conclave.
==Cardinal electors==
Elector 	Nationality	Order 	Title 	Elevated	Elevator	Notes
Rodrigo Borja 	Spanish 	Cardinal-bishop	Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina, administrator of Valencia 	 	 	Dean of the College of Cardinals; future Pope Alexander VI; cardinal-nephew
Giuliano della Rovere 	 	Cardinal-bishop	Bishop of Ostia e Velletri, bishop of Bologna, administrator of Avignon	 	 	Future Pope Julius II; cardinal-nephew
Oliviero Carafa 	 	Cardinal-bishop	Bishop of Albano 	 	 	
Marco Barbo 	Venetian 	Cardinal-bishop	Bishop of Palestrina, patriarch of Aquileia 	 	 	Cardinal-nephew
Giovanni Battista Zeno 	Venetian 	Cardinal-bishop	Bishop of Frascati 	 	 	Cardinal-nephew
Giovanni Michiel 	Venetian 	Cardinal-priest	Title of S. Marcello 	 	 	Cardinal-nephew
Stefano Nardini 	 	Cardinal-priest	Title of S. Maria in Trastevere, archbishop of Milan 	 	 	
Giovanni Battista Cibo 	 	Cardinal-priest	Title of S. Cecilia, bishop of Molfetta 	 	 	Elected Pope Innocent VIII
Giovanni Arcimboldo 	 	Cardinal-priest	Title of S. Prassede, bishop of Novara 	 	 	
Philibert Hugonet 	French 	Cardinal-priest	Title of Ss. Giovanni e Paulo, bishop of Macon 	 	 	
Jorge da Costa, O.Cist. 	Portuguese 	Cardinal-priest	Title of Ss. Marcellino e Pietro, archbishop of Lisbon 	 	 	
Girolamo Basso della Rovere 	 	Cardinal-priest	Title of S. Crisogono, bishop of Recanati 	 	 	Cardinal-nephew
Pietro Foscari 	 	Cardinal-priest	Title of S. Nicola fra le Immagini 	 	 	
Giovanni Vincenzo Acquaviva d'Aragona	Neapolitan 	Cardinal-priest	Title of S. Sabina 	 	 	
Raffaele Riario 	 	Cardinal-priest	Title of S. Lorenzo in Damaso 	 	 	Cardinal-nephew
Domenico della Rovere 	 	Cardinal-priest	Title of S. Clemente, archbishop of Turin 	 	 	Cardinal-nephew
Giovanni Conti 	 	Cardinal-priest	Title of Ss. Nereo ed Achilleo, archbishop of Conza 	 	 	
Juan Margarit i Pau 	Spanish 	Cardinal-priest	Title of S. Vitale, bishop of Gerona 	 	 	
Giovanni Giacomo Sclafenati 	 	Cardinal-priest	Title of S. Stefano al Monte Celio, bishop of Parma 	 	 	
Francesco Todeschini-Piccolomini 	 	Cardinal-deacon	Deacon of S. Eustachio, bishop of Siena 	 	 	Future Pope Pius III
Gabriele Rangone, O.Min.Obs. 	 	Cardinal-deacon	Deacon of Ss. Sergio e Bacco, bishop of Agrigento 	 	 	
Giovanni Battista Savelli 	 	Cardinal-deacon	Deacon of S. Nicola in Carcere Tulliano 	 	 	
Giovanni Colonna 	 	Cardinal-deacon	Deacon of S. Maria in Aquiro 	 	 	
Giovanni Battista Orsini 	 	Cardinal-deacon	Deacon of S. Maria Nuova 	 	 	
Ascanio Sforza 	 	Cardinal-deacon	Deacon of Ss. Vito e Modesto 	 	 	
===Absentee cardinals===
Elector 	Nationality	Order 	Title 	Elevated	Elevator	Notes
Luis Juan del Milà 	Spanish 	Cardinal-priest	Title of Ss. IV Coronati, bishop of Lérida 	 	 	
Thomas Bourchier 	English 	Cardinal-priest	Title of S. Ciriaco, archbishop of Canterbury 	 	 	
Jean Balue 	French 	Cardinal-bishop	Bishop of Albano, bishop of Angers 	 	 	
Pedro González de Mendoza 	Spanish 	Cardinal-priest	Title of S. Croce in Gerusalemme, archbishop of Sevilla and administrator of Sigùenza	 	 	
Charles II, Duke of Bourbon	French 	Cardinal-priest	Title of Ss. Silvestro e Martino ai Monti, archbishop of Lyon 	 	 	
Pierre de Foix, le jeune 	French 	Cardinal-deacon	Deacon of Ss. Cosma e Damiano, bishop of Vannes 	 	 	
Paolo Fregoso 	Genoese 	Cardinal-priest	Title of S. Anastasia, archbishop of Genoa 	 	 	
==Notes==
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