Editing Pope Pius VI (section)

===Papal election===
{{main|Papal conclave, 1774–1775}}
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|image      = C o a Pius VI.svg
|dipstyle   = [[His Holiness]]
|offstyle   = Your Holiness
|relstyle   = Holy Father
|deathstyle = None
|}}
Pope Clement XIV died in 1774 and in the ensuing conclave to choose a successor, [[History of Spain (1700-1808)|Spain]], [[Kingdom of France|France]] and [[Kingdom of Portugal|Portugal]] dropped all objections to the election of Braschi, who was one of the more moderate opponents of the anti-[[Jesuit]] stance of the late pope.<ref name=EB1911/>

Braschi received support from those who disliked the Jesuits and believed he would continue the policy of Clement XIV and maintain the provisions of  Clement's brief ''[[Dominus ac Redemptor]]'' (1773) which had dissolved the order. On the other hand, the pro-Jesuit [[Zelanti]] faction believed him to be secretly sympathetic towards the order and expected him to remedy the wrongs the Jesuits suffered in the previous pontificate. These various expectations would face Braschi after his election with the virtual impossibility of satisfying either side.<ref name=EB1911/>

Cardinal Braschi was elected pope on 15 February 1775 and took the name "Pius VI". He was consecrated bishop on 22 February 1775 by Cardinal [[Gian Francesco Albani]] and was [[Papal coronation|crowned]] that same day by the Cardinal [[Protodeacon]] [[Alessandro Albani]].