Conclave 1294

The conclave of 1294 took place from December 23 to 24, 1294 . It became necessary after Pope Celestine V had resigned from office ten days earlier.

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The election began on December 23, 1294. The cardinals initially elected Cardinal Matteo Rubeo Orsini , who did not accept the election. So the participants in the conclave had to vote again. On Christmas Eve 1294 they finally elected Benedetto Caetani , who had previously been an influential advisor to Coelestin V, in the third ballot . He called himself Pope Boniface VIII.

This conclave is one of the shortest in history.

Attendees

After the resignation of Coelestin V, there were 22 cardinals, all of whom attended the conclave. Twelve were from Celestine V created , five of Nicholas IV. , Two of Nicholas III. and one cardinal each was created by Urban IV. , Martin IV. and Honorius IV .

The following cardinals took part in the conclave:

• Gerardo Bianchi , Cardinal Bishop of Sabina, Prior episcoporum
• Giovanni Boccamazza , Cardinal Bishop of Tusculum
• Matteo d'Acquasparta , OFM, Cardinal Bishop of Porto e S. Rufina
• Hugues de Billay , OP, Cardinal Bishop of Ostia e Velletri
• Simon de Beaulieu , Cardinal Bishop of Palestrina
• Béraud de Got , Cardinal Bishop of Albano
• Pietro Peregrosso , cardinal priest of S. Marco, cardinal proto priest
• Tommasso d'Ocra , Cardinal Priest of S. Cecilia, Camerlengo
• Benedetto Caetani , cardinal priest of Ss. Silvestro e Martino (elected Pope Boniface VIII)
• Jean le Moine , Cardinal Priest of Ss. Marcellino e Pietro
• Pietro de Aquila , cardinal priest of S. Croce in Gerusalemme
• Guillaume Ferrières , cardinal priest of S. Clemente
• Nicolas l'Aide , cardinal priest of S. Lorenzo in Damaso
• Robert de Pontigny , cardinal priest of S. Pudenziana
• Simon de Armentières , OSBCluny, cardinal priest of S. Balbina
• Giovanni de Castrocoeli , cardinal priest of S. Vitale
• Matteo Orsini , cardinal deacon of S. Maria in Portico, cardinal protodiacon (elected in the first ballot)
• Giacomo Colonna , Cardinal Deacon of S. Maria in Via Lata
• Napoleone Orsini , cardinal deacon of S. Adriano
• Pietro Colonna , cardinal deacon of S. Eustachio
• Landolfo Brancaccio , cardinal deacon of S. Angelo
• Guglielmo de Longhi , cardinal deacon of S. Nicola in Carcere

Individual evidence

1. ^ ^{A b c} Conclave of December 23-24, 1294. In: Salvador Miranda : The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church. ( Florida International University website ), accessed December 31, 2018.
2. ^ Conclave of 23-24 December 1294 for the election of Pope Boniface VIII on www.vaticanhistory.de