The Lives and times of the Roman Pontiffs from StPeter to Pius IX . bruary, 1769, twenty-sevencardinals repaired. On the 30th of April, forty-sis members were in con-clave. The sacred college at that time consisted of fifty-seven cardinals;but, from various causes, eleven were unable to be present. Soon after, Rome was visited by Peter Leopold, grand duke of Tuscany,who lodged in the Medici viUa. Nine days later, a simple postchaise con-ve^^ed into the eternal city the Emperor Joseph II., without any suite, andtravelHng under the title of count of Falkenstein. It is related that as the door of
The Lives and times of the Roman Pontiffs from StPeter to Pius IX . bruary, 1769, twenty-sevencardinals repaired. On the 30th of April, forty-sis members were in con-clave. The sacred college at that time consisted of fifty-seven cardinals;but, from various causes, eleven were unable to be present. Soon after, Rome was visited by Peter Leopold, grand duke of Tuscany,who lodged in the Medici viUa. Nine days later, a simple postchaise con-ve^^ed into the eternal city the Emperor Joseph II., without any suite, andtravelHng under the title of count of Falkenstein. It is related that as the door of the conclave was opened, the emperorstepped further in than was allowed by etiquette, and Cardinal Albani,laughingly, said: As your imperial majesty has broken the cloister thusfar, pray deign to enter, and the cardinal introduced both the emperor andLeopold. The emperor, surprised as well as gratified by so unexpected aninvitation, said : In that case I will lay aside my sword. ** No, repliedCardinal Serbelloui; your majesty must keep it for our protection. The. I Giiido FRANCIS OF ASSISIIJM CLEMENT XIV. 333 two princes then inqiiirecl minutely into the customs of conclaves, and ap-peared to be much interested in all that they witnessed. But they did notenter the chapel of the votes. At first a considerable party was in favor of Cardinal Chigi, great-nephewof Alexander VII. He barely Avanted two of the thirty-one votes whichwould have elected him, but suddenly the aspect of affairs was changed, andthe Chigi party was miich weakened. Gauganelli was the only member ofany religious order present in the conclave. At that time religious of everyorder were harassed in almost all kingdoms, and persecuted in not a it was not anticipated that the preference could possibly fall upon oneof them. Yet so it was to be. The conclave opened on the 15th of February, and the Catholic world isscandalized at the exposure that has been made of the intrigues of the rep-resentatives of th
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