Conclave 1342
The conclave of 1342 was the electoral assembly of the cardinals after the death of Pope Benedict XII.
Election of Pope Clement VI.
Benedict XII. died in Avignon on April 25, 1342.
The conclave began on May 5th and lasted only two days. The choice fell unanimously on Pierre Roger, who is Pope Clement VI. named and thus became the fourth Pope of the Avignon papacy . According to the Cardinals des Farges and Ceccano, the choice was made “by divine inspiration alone”. On May 19, the new Pope was crowned by Cardinal Protodeacon Raymond Guillaume des Farges in the Dominican Church in Avignon .
Shortly after the death of Benedict XII. sent King Philip VI. from France his eldest son John the Good to Avignon with the task of supporting the candidacy of Pierre Roger, but when he came the election had already been concluded with the result desired by the king.
Attendees
At the time of his death there were nineteen cardinals, seventeen of whom attended the subsequent conclave:
cardinal | Cardinal title | Appointed on | Nominator | Remarks |
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Pierre Desprès | Bishop of Palestrina | December 20, 1320 | John XXII. | Dean of the Holy College and Vice Chancellor of the Holy Roman Church |
Bertrand du Pouget | Bishop of Ostia e Velletri | December 17, 1316 | John XXII. | |
Jean-Raymond de Comminges | Bishop of Porto-Santa Rufina | December 18, 1327 | John XXII. | |
Annibaldo di Ceccano | Bishop of Frascati | December 18, 1327 | John XXII. | |
Pedro Gomez de Barroso | Bishop of Sabina | December 18, 1327 | John XXII. | |
Imbert Dupuis | Cardinal priest of the titular church Santi XII Apostoli | December 18, 1327 | John XXII. | Protopriest Cardinal and Chamberlain of the Holy College of Cardinals |
Hélie de Talleyrand-Périgord | Cardinal priest of the titular church of San Pietro in Vincoli | May 25, 1331 | John XXII. | Cardinal Protector of the Franciscans |
Pierre Bertrand | Cardinal priest of the titular church of San Clemente | December 20, 1331 | John XXII. | |
Gozzio Battaglia | Cardinal priest of the titular church of Santa Prisca | December 18, 1338 | Benedict XII. | |
Bertrand de Déaulx | Cardinal priest of the titular church of San Marco | December 18, 1338 | Benedict XII. | |
Pierre Roger OSB | Cardinal priest of the titular church Santi Nereo ed Achilleo | December 18, 1338 | Benedict XII. | Elected as Pope. |
Guillaume Court OCist | Cardinal priest of the titular church Santi Quattro Coronati | December 18, 1327 | Benedict XII. | |
Bernard d'Albi | Cardinal priest of the titular church of San Ciriaco alle Terme | December 18, 1338 | Benedict XII. | |
Guillaume d'Aure OSB | Cardinal priest of the titular church of Santo Stefano al Monte Celio | December 18, 1338 | Benedict XII. | |
Raymond Guillaume des Farges | Cardinal deacon of the titular church of Santa Maria Nuova | December 18, 1310 | Clemens V. | Cardinal Protodeacon |
Gaillard de la Mothe | Cardinal deacon of the titular church of Santa Lucia in Silice | December 17, 1316 | John XXII. | |
Giovanni Colonna | Cardinal deacon of the titular church of Sant'Angelo in Pescheria | December 18, 1327 | John XXII. |
Ten eligible voters were from John XXII., Six from Benedict XII. and one Clemens V. appointed. Thirteen of them were French , three Italian and one Spanish .
The office of the camerlengos of the Holy Roman Church occupied at this time by Gasbert de Valle , Archbishop of Narbonne , (no cardinal) and nephew of Pope John XXII.
Absent cardinals
Two French cardinals, both of John XXII. who were appointed did not participate in this conclave:
cardinal | Cardinal title | Appointed on | Nominator | Remarks |
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Gauscelin de Jean | Bishop of Albano | December 17, 1316 | John XXII. ( Cardinal depository ) | Cardinal major penitentiary |
Bertrand de Montfavez | Cardinal deacon of the titular church of Santa Maria in Aquiro | December 17, 1316 | John XXII. | Archpriest of the Lateran Basilica |
literature
Étienne Baluze : Vitae paparum avenionensium , I-II, Ed. Guillaume Mollat , 1914