Papal election 1287–1288

Santa Sabina all'Aventino near the electoral site

The election of the Pope 1287–1288 took place from April 4, 1287 to February 22, 1288. Six (or five) of the sixteen (or fifteen) cardinals died during the papal election . Finally, after almost a year, Girolamo Masci, OMin was elected Pope Nicholas IV . This was the first Pope of the Franciscan Order .

The death of the cardinals is commonly attributed to malaria . After the death of the six cardinals, the remainder left Rome except Masci and reassembled on February 15, 1288. When the cardinals reassembled, there were ten voters left. After finding Masci in Santa Sabina , Rome, they immediately elected him Pope. He rejected the election first. After the re-election on February 22nd, he accepted the election.

The election took place near Santa Sabina on the Aventine Hill in the Savelli Palace, Corte Savella , which was built by Honorius IV as the de facto papal residence. According to Smith, Nicholas IV was, like his predecessor, a “partisan of French interests” and “another example of the dishonest use of spiritual authority for political purposes, since Charles II of Naples was relieved of his oath to Alfonso III. dismissed from Aragon ”.

Cardinals

Surname	nationality	Title church	Appointed on	Appointed by	Remarks
Bentivenga da Bentivengi, OFM	Acquasparta	Cardinal Bishop of Albano	March 12, 1278	Nicholas III	Cardinal Dean Apostolic Penitentiary
Latino Malabranca Orsini , OP	Rome	Cardinal Bishop of Ostia e Velletri	March 12, 1278	Nicholas III	Inquisitor General of the Roman Inquisition
Bernard de Languissel	France	Cardinal Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina	April 12, 1281	Martin IV.
Giovanni Boccamazza	Rome	Cardinal Bishop of Frascati	December 22, 1285	Honorius IV.
Gerardo Bianchi (Gerhard of Parma)	Parma	Cardinal Bishop of Sabina	March 12, 1278	Nicholas III	absent
Girolamo Masci , OFM	Ascoli	Cardinal Bishop of Palestrina	March 12, 1278	Nicholas III	Elected Pope Nicholas IV.
Jean Cholet	France	Cardinal Priest of Santa Cecilia	April 12, 1281	Martin IV.	Cardinal Protopriest
Matteo Rosso Orsini	Rome	Cardinal Deacon of Santa Maria in Portico	May 22, 1262	Urban IV	Cardinal protodeacon after the death of Goffredo da Alatri Archpriest of St. Peter's Basilica since 1278 Cardinal Protector of the Franciscan Order
Giacomo Colonna	Rome	Cardinal Deacon of Santa Maria in Via Lata	March 12, 1278	Nicholas III	Archpriest of Santa Maria Maggiore
Benedetto Caetani, senior	Anagni	Cardinal Deacon of San Nicola in Carcere Tulliano	April 12, 1281	Martin IV.	Future Pope Boniface VIII.
Goffredo da Alatri †	Alatri	Cardinal Deacon of San Giorgio in Velabro	December 17, 1261	Urban IV.	Cardinal Protodeacon Died in 1287, possibly during the sed vacancy, but after April 3, 1287
Giordano Orsini †	Rome	Cardinal Deacon of Sant'Eustachio	March 12, 1278	Nicholas III	Died during the Sedis vacancy on September 8, 1287
Hugh of Evesham †	England	Cardinal priest of San Lorenzo in Lucina	April 12, 1281	Martin IV.	Died during the Sedis vacancy on September 4, 1287
Gervais Jeancolet de Clinchamp †	France	Cardinal priest of Santi Silvestro e Martino ai Monti	April 12, 1281	Martin IV.	Died during the Sedis vacancy on September 15, 1287
Glusiano de Casate †	Milan	Cardinal priest of Santi Marcellino e Pietro	April 12, 1281	Martin IV.	Died during the Sedis vacancy on April 8, 1287
Geoffroy de Bar †	France	Cardinal Priest of Santa Susanna	April 12, 1281	Martin IV.	Died during the Sedis vacancy on August 21, 1287

Individual evidence

↑ Miranda, Salvador. 1998. " Papal elections and conclaves of the 13th Century (1216-1294) ."
↑ ^a ^b Smith, 1892, p. 93.
↑ Bagliani and Peterson, 2000, p. 176
↑ Darras et al. (1898: 413) attributed the dead to the Black Death , although this did not occur in Europe for 60 years.
^ Nicholas Aloysius Weber: Pope Nicholas IV . In: Catholic Encyclopedia (1913) . Volume 11 ( wikisource.org [accessed April 19, 2018]).
↑ Brooke, 2006, p. 440.
↑ Bagliani and Peterson, 2000, p. 176.
^ Walsh, 2003, p. 88.
↑ After Peter Herde : Bianchi (Albus, Blancus), Gerardo. In: Alberto M. Ghisalberti (Ed.): Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani (DBI). Volume 10: Biagio-Boccaccio. Istituto della Enciclopedia Italiana, Rome 1968. From 1282 to 1289 he served as the papal legate in the Kingdom of Sicily and did not take part in the papal elections in 1285 and 1287-88. Bianchi, Gerardo. In: Salvador Miranda : The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church. ( Florida International University website ), accessed May 23, 2018. claims participation.
↑ The exact date of his death is unknown. S. Miranda says in the cardinal's biographical data that he died before the death of Honorius IV on April 3, 1287, but in the notes on the election of 1287-88 he is counted among the cardinals who died during the sedis vacancy.

[1] Miranda, Salvador. 1998. " Papal elections and conclaves of the 13th Century (1216-1294) ."

[s93-2] Smith, 1892, p. 93.

[3] Bagliani and Peterson, 2000, p. 176

[4] Darras et al. (1898: 413) attributed the dead to the Black Death , although this did not occur in Europe for 60 years.

[5] Nicholas Aloysius Weber: Pope Nicholas IV . In: Catholic Encyclopedia (1913) . Volume 11 ( wikisource.org [accessed April 19, 2018]).

[b440-6] Brooke, 2006, p. 440.

[bp176-7] Bagliani and Peterson, 2000, p. 176.

[8] Walsh, 2003, p. 88.

[9] After Peter Herde : Bianchi (Albus, Blancus), Gerardo. In: Alberto M. Ghisalberti (Ed.): Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani (DBI). Volume 10: Biagio-Boccaccio. Istituto della Enciclopedia Italiana, Rome 1968. From 1282 to 1289 he served as the papal legate in the Kingdom of Sicily and did not take part in the papal elections in 1285 and 1287-88. Bianchi, Gerardo. In: Salvador Miranda : The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church. ( Florida International University website ), accessed May 23, 2018. claims participation.

[10] The exact date of his death is unknown. S. Miranda says in the cardinal's biographical data that he died before the death of Honorius IV on April 3, 1287, but in the notes on the election of 1287-88 he is counted among the cardinals who died during the sedis vacancy.