Election of the Pope in 1130

The papal election of 1130 , during which Cardinal Gregorio Papareschi was elected Pope Innocent II , led to a schism on the same day that lasted for eight years and only ended with the death of the antipope Anaklet II . The election took place in the Roman church of Santi Andrea e Gregorio al Monte Celio .

Death of Honorius II and the course of the election

Pope Honorius II was a terminally ill man in February 1130 and finally died on February 13 in the monastery of San Gregorio. The powerful Cardinal Haimericus , who was Chancellor of the Holy Roman Church at the time , took advantage of this fact . He was interested in bringing the cardinal protodeacon Gregorio Papareschi to the papal throne. However, there was a rule to wait until the predecessor was buried before electing a pope. Haimerich therefore came up with a macabre trick: while the Pope was still alive, he had a grave dug in San Gregorio, in which the dead Honorius was immediately buried.

Now the way was clear for the papal election. As planned by Haimerich, the 16 cardinals elected Gregorio Papareschi, who called himself Innocent II. Haimerich's cardinals then moved with the new Pope and Honorius to the Lateran Church, where the deceased was buried again.

The competing noble family Pierleoni and their partisans in the College of Cardinals, who were in the majority, did not accept this secret election and on the same day elected Cardinal Pietro Pierleoni, who now called himself Anaclet II. After the election, he should succeed in driving Innocent II from Rome.

Participating cardinals

Sixteen cardinals were involved in the election of Innocent II.

• Haimerich, Chancellor of the Holy Roman Church
• Giovanni di Camaldoli , Cardinal Bishop of Ostia
• Mathieu, Cardinal Bishop of Albano
• Guillaume, Cardinal Bishop of Palestrina
• Corrado della Suburra , Cardinal Bishop of Sabina
• Giovanni da Crema , Cardinal Bishop of San Crisogono
• Pietro Cariaceno , Cardinal Priest of Santi Silvestro e Martino ai Monti
• Gerardo Caccianemici dell'Orso , Cardinal Priest of Santa Croce in Gerusalemme
• Pierre, cardinal priest of Sant'Anastasia al Palatino
• Joselmo, Cardinal Priest of Santa Cecilia
• Anselmus , cardinal priest of San Lorenzo in Lucina
• Matteo, cardinal priest of San Pietro in Vincoli
• Gregorio Papareschi , Cardinal Deacon of Sant'Angelo in Pescheria , ( cardinal deacon to Pope -) Innocent II. Elected
• Romanus, Cardinal Deacon of Santa Maria in Portico
• Guido de Castello , Cardinal Deacon of Santa Maria in Via Lata
• Gregorio Tarquini , cardinal deacon of Santi Sergio e Bacco

See also

• List of Popes

Remarks

1. ↑ Reinhard Barth: Alle Päpste , Hamburg 2008, ISBN 978-3-625-12035-3 (entry on Innocent II and the course of the election in 1130, pp. 148–149)
2. ↑ Election of the Pope in 1130. In: Salvador Miranda : The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church. ( Florida International University website ), accessed July 21, 2016.

Web links

• Brief explanation of the election of the Pope in 1130 in the biographies of Innocent II and Anaclet II in the Enciclopedia dei Papi (Italian)