Papal conclave, 1342

Papal conclave of May 5 to May 7, 1342 – the papal conclave convened after the death of Pope Benedict XII, it elected Cardinal Pierre Roger, who under the name of Clement VI became the fourth Pope of the period of Avignon Papacy.

Cardinal electors

Pope Benedict XII died at Avignon on April 25 1342. At the time of his death, there were nineteen Cardinals in the Sacred College, of whom seventeen participated in the subsequent conclave:Salvador Miranda [http://www.fiu.edu/~mirandas/conclave-xiv.htm#1342 Conclave of 1342] .]

Ten electors were creatures of John XXII, six of Benedict XII and one of Clement V. Thirteen of them were French, three Italians and one Spaniard.

The post of the Camerlengo of the Holy Roman Church was occupied at that time by Gasbert de Valle [Niccolò del Re, La Curia romana: lineamenti storico giuridici, Città del Vaticano, 1998, p. 296] , archbishop of Narbonne (not a Cardinal) and nephew of Pope John XXII.

Absentee cardinals

Two French Cardinals, both elevated by John XXII, did not participate in this conclave:

The election of Pope Clement VI

The conclave started on May 5 and lasted only two days. On May 7 Cardinal Pierre Roger, former Chancellor of the Kingdom of France, was unanimously elected Pope, "by divine inspiration alone", as reported shortly thereafter Cardinals des Farges and Ceccano [G. Mollat, p. 37] . Elect took the name of Clement VI. On May 19 new Pope was crowned in the church of the Dominicans in Avignon by Raymond Guillaume des Farges, protodeacon of S. Maria Nuova. [S. Miranda: [http://www.fiu.edu/~mirandas/bios1338.htm#Roger Cardinal Pierre Roger (Pope Clement VI)] ] .

Shortly after the death of Benedict XII king Philip VI of France sent to Avignon his eldest son with the task to support the candidature of Cardinal Roger, but when he arrived, the election had been already accomplished with the result expected by the king [G. Mollat, p. 37] .

Notes

ources

* [http://www.fiu.edu/~mirandas/conclave-xiv.htm#1342 List of participants of the conclave of 1342] by Salvador Miranda
* G. Mollat The Popes at Avignon 1305-1378, London 1963
*fr icon Wrigley, J.E. 1982. "The Conclave and the Electors of 1342". "Archivum Historiae Pontificiae Roma", 20: 51-81.