Pope election 1061

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San Pietro in Vincoli

The election of the Pope in 1061 took place on September 30, 1061 in San Pietro in Vincoli (Saint Peter in Chains) in Rome after the death of Pope Nicholas II . After the papal bull In Nomine Domini by Nicholas II, the cardinal bishops were for the first time the only voters of the Pope of the Roman Catholic Church . Bishop Anselmo de Baggio , founder of Pataria and not cardinal, was as Alexander II. Elected Pope and was on 1 October 1061 at the time of dusk in San Pietro in Vincoli for crowned Pope . A coronation in St. Peter's Basilica was not possible because of the opposition.

Cardinal voters

In 1061 there were six cardinal bishops:

Voters origin Cardinal title Created Created by Remarks
Bonifazio, OSB Apulia Cardinal Bishop of Albano before 1054 Leo IX
Pietro Cardinal Bishop of Tusculum before 1057 Viktor II
Giovanni Cardinal Bishop of Porto 1057 Stephan IX.
Petrus Damiani , OSBCam Ravenna Cardinal Bishop of Ostia November 30, 1057 Stephan IX. later Doctor of the Church
Bernardo da Benevento, OSBCas Benevento Cardinal Bishop of Palestrina 1061 Nicholas II
Mainardo, OSBCas Cardinal Bishop of Silva Candida May 1061 Nicholas II

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Election of September 30, 1061. In: Salvador Miranda : The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church. ( Florida International University website , English)
  2. ^ David M. Cheney: Pope Alexander II (Anselmo da Baggio). Catholic-Hierarchy, accessed April 6, 2018 .
  3. ↑ Vincent, Martin Richardson. 1896. The Age of Hildebrand . Christian Literature Co. p. 50.
  4. ↑ Philippe Levillain: The papacy: to encyclopedia . Routledge, New York 2002, ISBN 0-415-92228-3 .
  5. ^ Colin Morris: The papal monarchy: the Western church from 1050 to 1250 . Oxford [Oxfordshire], ISBN 0-19-826925-0 .
  6. ↑ Hans-Walter Klewitz: Reform Papacy and Cardinal College. Darmstadt 1957, pp. 115-118; Rudolf Hüls: Cardinals, clergy and churches of Rome: 1049-1130. Tübingen 1977, p. 88 ff.