New pope’s brother says he is ‘middle of the road’ – as it happened
by Helen Livingstone (now); Léonie Chao-Fong, Marina from on (#6X4VJ)
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Historically, some of the conclaves were really drawn out: in 13th century, they needed three years, over 1,000 days, to choose Gregory X.
There was also one that ended on the first day, when Julius II in 1503 was elected after just 10 hours.
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