Conclave trivia: How long was the longest vote? And what are antipopes?

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Conclave trivia: How long was the longest vote? And what are antipopes?

VATICAN CITY (AP) — “Conclave” the film may have introduced moviegoers to the spectacular ritual and drama of a modern conclave, but the periodic voting to elect a new pope has been going on for centuries and created a whole genre of historical trivia.Here are some facts about conclaves past, derived from historical studies, including Miles Pattenden’s “Electing the Pope in Early Modern Italy, 1450–1700,” and interviews with experts, including Elena Cangiano, an archeologist at Viterbo’s Palazzo dei Papi (Palace of the Popes).In the 13th century, it took almost three years — 1,006 days to be exact — to choose Pope Clement IV’s successor, ..