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The 1724 papal conclave was called upon the death of Pope Innocent XIII. It began on 20 March 1724 and ended on 28 May that year with the election of Cardinal Pierfrancesco Orsini, a Dominican friar, as Pope Benedict XIII. This papal conclave was made of largely the same electors that had elected Pope Innocent XIII in 1721, and the same factions dominated it. Multiple attempts were made to elect a candidate acceptable to the various Catholic monarchies at the time, but none of which were successful until May. Benedict XIII resisted his election for two days, before he was convinced to accept it.