Election of the Pope 1119

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Cluny Abbey , site of the papal election

The 1119 papal election took place between January 19, 1119 and February 2, 1119, making it the shortest papal election of the 12th century recognized by the Roman Catholic Church .

Pope Gelasius II died in Cluny after he was expelled from Rome by Emperor Heinrich V because of the investiture dispute . It is believed that only four cardinal bishops, four cardinal priests and four cardinal deacons took part in the election, which took place at Cluny Abbey in France. The rest of the college of cardinals remained in Rome. Guy de Bourgogne, who was not previously a cardinal, but Archbishop of Vienne , was elected Pope Calixt II and crowned on February 9, 1119 in Vienne . He arrived in Rome on June 3, 1120.

Cardinals

Probably ten cardinals took part in the election.

cardinal nationality Cardinal title Appointed Pope Other titles Remarks
Kuno of Urach Regnum Teutonicum Cardinal Bishop of Palestrina Around 1107 Paschal II.
Lamberto Scannabecchi , CanReg Fagnano Cardinal Bishop of Ostia and Velletri 1117 Paschal II. Future Pope Honorius II (Pope) (1124–1130)
John of Crema Crema Cardinal Priest of San Crisogono Around 1117 Paschal II. Papal Legate
Guido Galli, OSB Italy Cardinal priest of Santa Balbina Around 1099 Paschal II.
Boso of Sant'Anastasia Italy Cardinal priest of Sant'Anastasia al Palatino Around 1116 Paschal II.
Corrado de Suburra Rome Cardinal priest of Santa Pudenziana About 1111–1114 Paschal II. Future Pope Anastasius IV (1153–1154)
Gregorio Papareschi , CanRegLat Rome Cardinal Deacon of Santa Angelo in Pescheria Around 1088 (or 1116) Urban II. (Or Paschalis II. ) Future Pope Innocent II (1130–1143)
Pietro Pierleoni Rome Cardinal Deacon of Santa Cosma e Damiano About 1106–1116 Paschal II. Future antipope Anaclet II (1130–1138)
Crisogono Malcondini Pisa Cardinal Deacon of San Nicola in Carcere 1117 Paschal II. Chancellor of the Holy Roman Church
Roscemanno Sanseverino, OSBCas Marsica Cardinal Deacon of San Giorgio in Velabro Around 1106 Paschal II.

procedure

At the end of January, the cardinals celebrate the funeral mass of Pope Gelasius II . in Cluny. Those present did not agree on whether they should, as permitted in the papal election decree In Nomine Domini , vote immediately or return to Rome. In the end they went to the election but wanted to present the result to the entire college. The cardinals who accompanied Gelasius II to Cluny are known from the Liber Pontificalis .

Although contemporary accounts differ on many points, they agree that Guy and Pontius de Melgueil were the two candidates. The account of Gaufrid, Prior of Vigois, reports that Gelasius II preferred Pontius. This was the more conciliatory candidate who was able to negotiate a solution to the investiture dispute . The reports by Bernard von Carrion and Geoffroy du Breuil explain the choice of Guy and emphasize the importance of his confrontational attitude towards Henry V, whom he excommunicated , and his family, the Salians .

aftermath

Calixt II went to Sutri , the place of his opponent antipope Gregory VIII , who was recognized by Henry V and besieged the city for eight days until Gregory VIII was handed over to him. Calixt II locked the antipope in the Septasolium in Rome.

See also

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ S. Miranda Election of 1119 ; Stroll, 2004, pp. 58-59 and 61-62.
  2. ^ Stroll, 2004, p. 58.
  3. ↑ Stroll, 2004, p. 59.
  4. ↑ S. Miranda Election of antipope Gregory VIII
  5. ^ Stroll, 2004, p. 64.