Papal election 1124 | |
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Dates and location | |
16–21 December 1124 Monastery of St Pancratius,Lateran Basilica,Rome | |
Elected pope | |
Lamberto Scannabecchi Name taken:Honorius II | |
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The1124 papal election (held 16–21 December) took place after the death ofPope Callixtus II on 13 December 1124. The election was characterised by a power struggle between Italian cardinals supported by thePierleoni family and northern cardinals supported by theFrangipani family. On 16 December the cardinals elected Theobaldo Boccapecci, the cardinal-priest of Sant'Anastasia. He chose the nameCelestine II. Before his consecration, however, an armed party of the Frangipani attacked and wounded the newly elected pope. In the following confusion the Bishop of Ostia Lamberto Scannabecchi, the Frangipani's candidate was proclaimed pope under the nameHonorius II. After several days of factional fighting Celestine was abandoned by his supporters. However, Honorius would not accept the throne in this manner and resigned as well. He was immediately re-elected and consecrated on 21 December 1124.
Pressures building within theCuria, together with ongoing conflicts among the Roman nobility, would erupt after the death ofPope Callixtus II in 1124. The pontificates ofUrban II andPaschal II had seen an expansion in theCollege of Cardinals of Italian clerics that strengthened the local Roman influence. These cardinals were reluctant to meet with the group of cardinals recently promoted by Callixtus II, who were mainlyFrench orBurgundian.[1] As far as the older cardinals were concerned, these newer cardinals were dangerous innovators, and they were determined to resist their increasing influence.[1] The northern cardinals, led by Cardinal Aymeric de Bourgogne (thePapal Chancellor), were equally determined to ensure that the elected pope would be one of their candidates.[1] Both groups looked towards the great Roman families for support.
By 1124, there were two great factions dominating local politics in Rome: theFrangipani family, which controlled the region around the fortifiedColosseum and supported the northern cardinals,[1] and thePierleoni family, which controlled theTiber Island and the fortress of theTheatre of Marcellus and supported the Italian cardinals. With Callixtus II's death on 13 December 1124, both families agreed that the election of the next pope should be in three days time, in accordance with the church canons. The Frangipani, led by Leo Frangipani, pushed for a delay in order that they could promote their preferred candidate, Lamberto,[2] but the people were eager to see Saxo de Anagni, the Cardinal-Priest of San Stefano in Celiomonte elected as the next pope.[2] Leo, eager to ensure a valid election, approached key members of every Cardinal's entourage, promising each one that he would support their master when the voting for the election was underway.[3]
On 16 December, the Cardinals, including Lamberto, assembled in the chapel of the monastery of St. Pancratius attached to the south of theLateran basilica.[3] There, at the suggestion ofJonathas, the cardinal-deacon ofSanti Cosma e Damiano, who was a partisan of the Pierleoni family, the Cardinals unanimously elected as Pope the cardinal-priest of Sant’ Anastasia, Theobaldo Boccapecci, who took the nameCelestine II.[4] He had only just put on the red mantle and theTe Deum was being sung when an armed party led by Roberto Frangipani[5] (in a move pre-arranged with Cardinal Aymeric)[1] burst in, attacked the newly enthroned Celestine, who was wounded, and acclaimed Lamberto as Pope.[4] Since Celestine had not been formally consecrated pope, the wounded candidate declared himself willing to resign, but the Pierleoni family and their supporters refused to accept Lamberto,[1] who in the confusion had been proclaimed Pope under the nameHonorius II.[6] Historians call the election "a travesty of canonical procedure".[7]
Rome descended into factional infighting, while Cardinal Aymeric and Leo Frangipani attempted to win over the resistance of Urban, the City Prefect, and the Pierleoni family with bribes and extravagant promises. Eventually, Celestine's supporters abandoned him, leaving Honorius the only contender for the papal throne.[6] Honorius, unwilling to accept the throne in such a manner, resigned his position before the assembled Cardinals,[6] but was immediately and unanimously re-elected and consecrated on 21 December 1124.[1]
TheCollege of Cardinals probably had between 47 and 53 members.[a] Little information is available on which Cardinals were actually present in Rome during the election(s).
The following table lists the Cardinals who were alive at the time of the election[9].
Elector | Title[g] | Elevated | Elevator | Notes |
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Crescenzio | Cardinal-Bishop ofSabina | 1102[10] | Paschal II | |
Pietro Senex | Cardinal-Bishop ofPorto | c. 1106 | Paschal II | |
Lamberto Scannabecchi | Cardinal-Bishop ofOstia | 1116[11] | Paschal II | Elected popeHonorius II |
Vitalis | Cardinal-Bishop ofAlbano | 1116[12] | Paschal II | |
Guillaume | Cardinal-Bishop ofPalestrina | c. 1122[13] | Callixtus II | |
Gilles de Paris | Cardinal-Bishop ofTusculum | c. 1122[14] | Callixtus II | |
Bonifacio | Cardinal-Priest ofS. Marco | c. 1100[15] | Paschal II | prior cardinalium (by 1127)[16] |
Gregorio de Ceccano | Cardinal-Priest ofSs. XII Apostoli | c. 1102[17] | Paschal II | Future antipopeVictor IV |
Benedict | Cardinal-Priest ofS. Pietro in Vincoli | c. 1102[18] | Paschal II | |
Anastasius | Cardinal-Priest ofS. Clemente | c. 1102[19] | Paschal II | |
Teobaldo Boccapecci | Cardinal-Priest ofS. Anastasia | c. 1103 or 1112[20] | Paschal II | Elected popeCelestine II on 16 December, and resigned |
Ioannes[h] | Cardinal-Priest ofS. Cecilia | c. 1106 | Paschal II | |
Corrado della Suburra | Cardinal-Priest ofS. Pudenziana | c. 1113[22] | Paschal II | Future popeAnastasius IV |
Teobaldo | Cardinal-Priest ofSs. Giovanni e Paolo | c. 1117 | Paschal II | |
Deusdedit | Cardinal-Priest ofS. Lorenzo in Damaso | c. 1116 | Paschal II | |
Gregorio Albergati | Cardinal-Priest ofS. Lorenzo in Lucina | c. 1116 | Paschal II | |
Petrus Pisanus | Cardinal-Priest ofS. Susanna | c. 1116/1117[23] | Paschal II | |
Amico, O.S.B. | Cardinal-Priest ofSs. Nereo ed Achilleo | 1117[24] | Paschal II | |
Desiderius | Cardinal-Priest ofS. Prassede | c. 1115 | Paschal II | |
Gerardo / Gregorio[i] | Cardinal-Priest ofSs. Prisca ed Aquila | c. 1115 | Paschal II | |
Sigizo | Cardinal-Priest ofS. Sisto | c. 1117 | Paschal II | |
Saxo de Anagnia | Cardinal - Priest of S. Stefano al Monte Celio | c. 1117 | Paschal II | |
Petrus Rufus (Pietro Ruffino Cariaceno)[j] | Cardinal-Priest ofSs. Silvestro e Martino | 1118 or 1122[k] | Gelasius II[25] | |
Crescenzio di Anagni | Cardinal-Priest ofSs. Marcellino e Pietro | c. 1121/1122 ?[26] | Calixtus II | |
Petrus (Pierre de Fontaines)[l] | Cardinal-Priest ofS. Marcello | c. 1120[27] | Callixtus II | |
Gerardo Caccianemici | Cardinal-Priest ofS. Croce in Gerusalemme | c. 1122[28] | Callixtus II | Future popeLucius II |
Ugo Lectifredo[m] | Cardinal-Priest ofS. Vitale | 1123 | Callixtus II | |
Roscemanno | Cardinal-Deacon ofS. Giorgio in Velabro | c. 1112[29] | Paschal II | |
Gregorio of Gaeta | Cardinal-Deacon ofS. Lucia in Septisolio | c. 1112[30] | Paschal II | |
Gregorio Papareschi | Cardinal-Deacon ofS. Angelo in Pescheria | c. 1088?/1116[31] | Paschal II | Future popeInnocent II |
Gregorio | Cardinal-Deacon ofS. Eustachio | c. 1099 ?[32] | Paschal II | |
Comes / Cosma | Cardinal-Deacon ofS. Maria in Aquiro[n] | c. 1116[o] | Paschal II | |
Enrico[p] | Cardinal-Deacon ofS. Teodoro | c. 1117[33] | Paschal II | |
Angelo | Cardinal-Deacon ofS. Maria in Domnica | c. 1122 | Callixtus II | |
Romano | Cardinal-Deacon ofS. Maria in Portico | c. 1119[q] | Callixtus II | |
Étienne de Bar | Cardinal-Deacon ofS. Maria in Cosmedin | c. 1120[34] | Callixtus II | |
Ionathas (Gionata) | Cardinal-Deacon ofSs. Cosma e Damiano | c. 1120[35] | Callixtus II | |
Giovanni Dauferio | Cardinal-Deacon ofS. Nicola in Carcere | c. 1122 | Callixtus II | |
Gregorio Tarquini | Cardinal-Deacon ofSs. Sergio e Bacco | c. 1122 | Callixtus II | |
Uberto Lanfranchi[r] | Cardinal-Deacon ofS. Maria in Via Lata | c. 1123[36] | Callixtus II | |
Gregorio | Cardinal-Deacon ofSs. Vito e Modesto | c. 1122[37] | Callixtus II | |
Matteo | Cardinal-Deacon ofS. Adriano | c. 1122[38] | Callixtus II | |
Aymeric de la Châtre | Cardinal-Deacon ofS. Maria Nuova | 1122 or 1123[39] | Callixtus II | Chancellor |
Elector | Title | Elevated | Elevator | Notes |
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Giovanni da Crema | Cardinal-Priest ofS. Crisogono | c. 1117 | Paschal II | Papal legate in Scotland or England at the time of the election[s] |
Pietro Pierleoni | Cardinal - Priest of S. Maria in Trastevere | c. 1106 | Paschal II | Papal legate in France at the time of the election. Future antipopeAnacletus II |
Oderisio di Sangro[t] | Cardinal-Priest ofS. Ciriaco in Thermis[u] | c. 1112 | Paschal II | Abbot of Montecassino |
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