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Events on Wednesday 7 April 1655 1
1655Fabio Chigi elected Pope Alexander VIIPapal conclave chooses a new pontiffFollowing the death of Innocent X, the College of Cardinals elected Fabio Chigi as pope after an eighty-day conclave. He took the name Alexander VII and went on to patronize Bernini's architectural work in Rome, including the colonnade of St. Peter's Square. His papacy also saw renewed conflict with Jansenism in France.