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The January 1276 papal conclave (January 21–22), was the 1st papal conclave held under the rules of constitution Ubi periculum, issued by Pope Gregory X in 1274, which established papal conclaves. According to Ubi periculum Cardinals were to be secluded in a closed area; they were not even accorded separate rooms.
Upon the death of Gregory in 1276, Peter was elected pope, taking the name Innocent V and becoming the first pope elected in a papal conclave. He died about five months later, but during his brief tenure facilitated a peace between Genoa and King Charles I of Sicily. Pope Innocent V was beatified in 1898 by Pope Leo XIII.
Through much of the Middle Ages and Renaissance the Catholic Church had only a small number of cardinals at any one time, as few as seven under either Pope Alexander IV (1254–1261) [18] or Pope John XXI (1276–1277). [19] [20] The difficulty of travel further reduced the number arriving at conclaves. The small electorate magnified the ...
The stringent rules of Ubi periculum were used in the conclaves that elected Pope Innocent V (January 1276) and Pope Adrian V (July 1276), lasting one and nine days respectively. [6] However, at the urgings of the College, the newly elected Adrian V suspended those rules on 12 July 1276—indicating that he wished to revise it—and died on 18 ...
Elections that elected papal claimants currently regarded by the Catholic Church as antipopes are italicized. SS. Pietro e Cesareo in Terracina, the site of the first papal election outside Rome The 1119 papal election took place in Cluny Abbey as a result of the expulsion of Pope Gelasius II from Rome by Henry V, Holy Roman Emperor following the Investiture Controversy.
The July 1276 papal conclave (2–11 July) was the second of three conclaves in 1276 and elected Pope Adrian V to succeed Pope Innocent V. References Sources ...
Innocent V Pope 21 January – 22 June 1276 153 days (5 months, 1 day) Elected following the death of Gregory X: Died John VII Eastern Roman Emperor 14 April – 17 September 1390 156 days (5 months, 3 days) Deposed his grandfather, John V: Restoration of John V Sonni Baru King of Songhai: 6 November 1492 – 12 April 1493 158 days
Such a year generally occurs when a newly elected pope dies or resigns very early into his papacy. This results in the Catholic Church being led by three different popes during the same calendar year. In one instance, in 1276, there was a year of four popes.