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Events on Wednesday 2 February 1831 1
1831Pope Gregory XVI electedA lengthy conclave ends with the election of Bartolomeo CappellariAfter a conclave lasting more than seven weeks following the death of Pope Pius VIII, cardinals elected Camaldolese monk Bartolomeo Alberto Cappellari, who took the name Gregory XVI. His sixteen-year pontificate was marked by firm opposition to liberal and nationalist movements in Europe.