The 1216 papal election (18 July), was convoked after the death of

Pope Innocent III Pope Innocent III ( la, Innocentius III; 1160 or 1161 – 16 July 1216), born Lotario dei Conti di Segni (anglicized as Lothar of Segni), was the head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 8 January 1198 to his death in 16 ...

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(16 July 1216), elected Cardinal Cencio Camerario, who took the name of

Honorius III Pope Honorius III (c. 1150 – 18 March 1227), born Cencio Savelli, was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 18 July 1216 to his death. A canon at the Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore, he came to hold a number of importa ...

List of participants

There were 25 cardinals in the College of Cardinals in July 1216, including 23 curial cardinals and two " external cardinals", who did not reside in the papal curia It is known that 17 of them participated in the election:

Absentee cardinals

Eight cardinals, including six curial and two " external cardinals", were absent:

Election of Pope Honorius III

The cardinals assembled in

two days after the death of Innocent III. They deliberated in the enclosure, though it is not certain whether voluntarily or under pressure of the local authorities. They decided to elect the new Pope by ''compromissum'', it means, not by the whole Sacred College, but by the committee of few of them, empowered by the rest to appoint the new Pontiff. This time the committee included only two cardinal-bishops: Ugolino of Ostia and Guido of Palestrina.Vatican history
On that same day, they elected Cardinal Cencio, called ''Camerario'', aged 68, who accepted his election and took the name of

Notes

Sources

* Werner Maleczek, ''Papst und Kardinalskolleg von 1191 bis 1216'', Wien 1984 *

Konrad Eubel Konrad Eubel or Conradus Eubel (19 January 1842 – 5 February 1923) was a German Franciscan historian. He is known for his reference work, the ''Hierarchia Catholica Medii Aevi'', on medieval popes, cardinals and bishops. It appeared in thre ...

, ''Hierarchia Catholica Medii Aevi, volumen I'', 1913
F. Bourkle-Young: notes to the papal election of 1216

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