From 1903 to 1958, every Pope--bar one--took which name?
1958 Papal conclave two-thirds (paragraph XV). 1958 Papal conclave Following the death of Pope Pius XII on 9 October 1958, the papal conclave of 1958 met from 25 to 28 October and on the eleventh ballot elected Angelo Roncalli, Patriarch of Venice, to succeed him. He accepted the election and took the name "John XXIII". He was the second Patriarch of Venice to be elected Pontiff in the 20th century after Pope Pius X. Some 51 of the 53 cardinals participated as cardinal electors. The Communist governments of Hungary and Yugoslavia prevented the other two from traveling to Rome. In comparison with the
Papal name a minuscule following, took the name Pope Peter II. Probably because of the controversial fifteenth-century antipope known as Pope John XXIII, this name was avoided for over 500 years until the election in 1958 of Pope (of Rome) John XXIII. Immediately after John XXIII's election as pope in 1958, it was not known if he would be John XXIII or XXIV; he decided that he would be known as John XXIII. The number used by an antipope is ignored if possible, but this is not possible if, by the time someone is reckoned as antipope, the name has since been