Conclave July 1276

The conclave lasted from July 2, 1276 to July 11, 1276, i.e. 9 days, and was made necessary by the death of Pope Innocent V. It was the 2nd conclave of 1276 and elected Pope Hadrian V.

course

After Pope Innocent V died on June 22, 1276, the conclave met on July 2, 1276 in the Lateran in Rome . It was under the influence of Charles of Anjou , who resided in Rome and wanted a French Pope. At his instigation, the Italian cardinals received only water and bread during the conclave, while the royal kitchen provided the French cardinals in abundance. In spite of this, the cardinals elected Ottobono Fieschi dei Conti di Lavagna as Pope, who immediately went to Viterbo and was never crowned.

Cardinals

During the conclave, the college of cardinals had 14 members, 12 of whom participated in the papal election. The cardinals were created by the popes

1. Gregory IX. : 1
2. Innocent IV . : 2
3. Urban IV . : 7
4. Gregor X .: 3

Attendees

• Ottobono Fieschi dei Conti di Lavagna, cardinal deacon of S. Adriano
• Uberto Coconati dei Conti d'Elci , cardinal deacon of S. Eustachio
• Pedro Juliao , Cardinal Bishop of Frascati
• Giacomo Savelli , cardinal deacon of S. Maria in Cosmedin
• Guglielmo Visconti , Cardinal Bishop of Palestrina
• Goffredo da Alatri , cardinal deacon of S. Giorgio in Velabro
• Bertrand de Saint-Martin OSB , Cardinal Bishop of Sabina
• Guillaume de Bray , Cardinal of S. Marco
• Simone Paltineri , Cardinal of Ss. Silvestro and Martino ai Monti
• Matteo Rosso Orsini , cardinal deacon of S. Maria in Portico
• Ancher Pantaleon , Cardinal of S. Prassede
• Giovanni Gaetano Orsini , cardinal deacon of S. Nicola in Carcere Tulliano

Absent cardinals

• Simon de Brion , Cardinal of S. Cecilia
• Bernard Ayglier OSB, Abbot of Monte Cassino

Web links

• Vatican history
• Conclave of July 2-11, 1276. In: Salvador Miranda : The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church. ( Florida International University website, English)