Editing Pope Clement XI (section)

===Election to the papacy===
{{Main|1700 papal conclave}}
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File:ClemensXI.jpg|Medal depicting Clement XI
File:Pope Clement XI – Pier Leone Ghezzi (c. 1708).jpg|Portrait of Clement XI by [[Pier Leone Ghezzi]], {{circa|1708|1712}}, [[Museo di Roma]]
File:Santa cecilia in trastevere, interno, busto e iscrizione di clemente XI.jpg|Bust of Pope Clement XI at [[Santa Cecilia in Trastevere|Santa Cecilia]] church, Rome
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After the death of Pope Innocent XII in 1700, a conclave was convoked to elect a successor. Albani was regarded as a fine diplomat known for his skills as a peacemaker and so was unanimously elected pope on 23 November 1700. He agreed to the election after three days of consultation.

Unusually, from the viewpoint of current practice, his election came within three months after his ordination as a priest and within two months after he celebrated his first Mass, though he had been a cardinal for ten years previously. Having accepted election after some hesitation, he was ordained a bishop on 30 November 1700 and assumed the pontifical name of "Clement XI". Cardinal protodeacon [[Benedetto Pamphili]] crowned him on 8 December 1700 and he took possession of the [[Basilica of Saint John Lateran]] on 10 April 1701.