Papal_election,_1144

1144 papal election

1144 papal election

Election of Pope Lucius II

The 1144 papal election followed the death of Pope Celestine II and resulted in the election of Pope Lucius II.

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Election of Lucius II

Pope Celestine II died on 8 March 1144 at Rome, after a pontificate of only five months.[1] The election of his successor took place in the shadow of this municipal revolution, which opposed the secular rule of the Pope.[2] Celestine II was unable to recover full control over the city of Rome; in addition he had to face also the demands of the king Roger II of Sicily.[3] This problem remained unresolved on his death, because he had refused to confirm the privileges granted to Roger by his predecessor Innocent II.[4]

The cardinals present at Rome elected Cardinal Gerardo Caccianemici, priest of the titulus of S. Croce in Gerusalemme and former canon regular of S. Frediano di Lucca. The details concerning the place of the election or the exact date of electoral proceedings are not registered.[5] Since the elect was chancellor of the Holy See and close collaborator of both Innocent II and Celestine II, it may be assumed that the cardinals wanted to continue their policy, friendly towards the Empire and hostile towards the king Roger.[6] The elect took the name Lucius II and received episcopal consecration on 12 March 1144.[7]

Cardinal-electors

There were probably 39 cardinals in the Sacred College of Cardinals in March 1144.[8] Based on examination of the subscriptions of the papal bulls in 1144[9] and the available data about the external missions of the cardinals, it is possible to establish that no more than 36 cardinals participated in the election:

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Twenty two electors were created by Pope Innocent II, ten by Celestine II, two by Pope Callixtus II and one by Pope Paschalis II.

Absentees

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Notes

  1. [1]
    Jaffé, II, p. 7
  2. [2]
    Robinson, p. 78.
  3. [3]
    See Robinson, p. 387
  4. [4]
    See Robinson, p. 387
  5. [5]
    Jaffé, II, p. 7. Election in 1143 took place in the Lateran Basilica, in 1145 at the church S. Cesareo in Palatio.
  6. [6]
    Robinson, p. 387
  7. [7]
    Robinson, p. 525; Jaffé, II, p. 7.
  8. [8]
    Reconstruction is based on Brixius, p. 22 note 4 with the following corrections: Bishop Rodolfo of Orte has been excluded because he was not a cardinal at that time (Zenker, p. 52-53). Additionally, Brixius indicates that also Bernardo da Pisa, future Pope Eugene III, belonged to the College of Cardinals (similarly Zenker, pp. 184–187), but see M. Horn: Studien zur Geschichte Papst Eugens III. (1145-1153), Peter Lang Verlag 1992, pp. 42–45.
  9. [9]
    Jaffé, p.1 and 7
  10. [10]
    Zenker, p. 191-192; see also G. Loud, The Latin Church in Norman Italy, Cambridge University Press, 2007, p. 157-158
  11. [11]
    Mary Stroll, The Medieval Abbey of Farfa: Target of Papal and Imperial Ambitions, BRILL 1997, p. 254
  12. [12]
    Bruno W. Häuptli (2004). "Victor IV. (Victor V., Ottaviano de' Monticelli), Gegenpapst 1159-1164". In Bautz, Traugott (ed.). Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL) (in German). Vol. 23. Nordhausen: Bautz. cols. 1533–1536. ISBN 3-88309-155-3.; he did not subscribe any papal bulls between 19 February and 14 May 1144 (Jaffé, p.1 and 7)

Sources

  • Brixius, Johannes Matthias (1912). Die Mitglieder des Kardinalkollegiums von 1130-1181 (in German). Berlin: R. Trenkel.
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