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Article History

Type	Description	Contributor	Date
	Noted that the silver hammer is no longer used to confirm a pope's death. Added cross-references.	René Ostberg	May 16, 2024
	Added media.	René Ostberg	Mar 28, 2024
	Media added.	Meg Matthias	Jan 30, 2024
	Changed title from “conclave” to “papal conclave.”	Melissa Petruzzello	Jul 19, 2022
	Invalidated site: "Inside the Vatican: National Geographic Goes Behind the Public Facade".	Emily Rodriguez	Apr 07, 2020
	Revised description of beginning date of conclave and noted that 2013 conclave began 12 days after abdication of Benedict XVI.	Matt Stefon	Mar 15, 2013
	Article revised and updated.	Matt Stefon	Mar 07, 2013
	Photograph of papal conclave (2005) added.	J.E. Luebering	Mar 07, 2013
	Media added.	Amy Tikkanen	Jul 15, 2009
	Article revised and updated.	Amy Tikkanen	Mar 12, 2008
	Article revised and updated.	The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica	Sep 27, 2007
	Added new Web site: The Catholic Encyclopedia - Conclave.	Gloria Lotha	Sep 18, 2007
	Article revised.	The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica	May 12, 2005
	Article revised.	The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica	Apr 07, 2005
	Article revised.	The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica	Nov 10, 2000
	Article added to new online database.	The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica	Jul 20, 1998

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