1389 papal conclave explained

Month:October–November
Year:1389
Dates:25 October – 2 November 1389
Location:Apostolic Palace, Papal States
Dean:Francesco Moricotti Prignani
Camerlengo:Marino Bulcani
Protodeacon:Tommaso Orsini dei Conti di Manupello
Pope Elected:Pietro Tomacelli
Nametaken:Boniface IX
Prevconclave Year:1378
Prevconclave Link:1378 papal conclave
Nextconclave Year:1404
Nextconclave Link:1404 papal conclave

The 1389 papal conclave (25 October – 2 November) was convoked after the death of Pope Urban VI. The conclave is historically unique because all of the cardinal electors were the creation of a single pontiff: Urban VI, the very pope who was being replaced. None of the surviving cardinals created by previous popes recognized Urban VI as legitimate (see: Western Schism). In addition, Urban VI had deposed four of his creatures, and three were absent, leaving only sixteen cardinal electors.[1]

Cardinal electors

ElectorNationalityOrderTitleElevatedElevatorNotes
Francesco Moricotti PrignaniCardinal-bishopBishop of Palestrina18 September 1378Urban VIDean of the Sacred College of Cardinals
Vice-Chancellor of the Holy Roman Church
Andrea Bontempi MartiniCardinal-priestTitulus Ss. Marcellino e Pietro18 September 1378Urban VICardinal primoprete; administrator of the see of Perugia; legate in Picenum
Poncello OrsiniCardinal-priestTitulus S. Clemente18 September 1378Urban VI
Pietro TomacelliNeapolitanCardinal-priestTitulus S. Anastasia21 December 1381Urban VIArchpriest of the patriarchal Lateran Basilica; Elected Pope Boniface IX
Angelo AcciaioliFlorentineCardinal-priestTitulus S. Lorenzo in Damaso.17 December 1384Urban VI
Francesco Carbone Tomacelli, O.Cist.Cardinal-priestTitulus S. Susanna17 December 1384Urban VIGrand penitentiary
Stefano PalosioCardinal-priestTitulus S. Marcello.17 December 1384Urban VIAdministrator of the see of Todi
Tommaso Orsini dei Conti di ManupelloCardinal-deaconDeacon of S. Maria in DomnicaCirca 1383 - 1379Urban VIProtodeacon
Francesco RenzioCardinal-deaconDeacon of S. Eustachio21 December 1381Urban VICamerlengo of the Sacred College of Cardinals
Marino BulcaniCardinal-deaconDeacon of S. Maria Nuova.17 December 1384Urban VICamerlengo of the Holy Roman Church
Archpriest of the patriarchal Liberian Basilica
Rinaldo BrancaccioCardinal-deaconDeacon of Ss. Vito e Modesto17 December 1384Urban VI
Ludovico FieschiCardinal-deaconDeacon of S. Adriano17 December 1384Urban VIAdministrator of the see of Vercelli; Vicar General of the States of the Church
Angelo d'Anna de Sommariva, O.Camald.Cardinal-deaconDeacon of S. Lucia in Septisolio17 December 1384Urban VI

Absentee cardinals

ElectorNationalityOrderTitleElevatedElevatorNotes
Philippe of AlençonFrenchCardinal-bishopBishop of Ostia e Velletri18 September 1378Urban VIArchpriest of the patriarchal Vatican Basilica
Adam Easton, O.S.B.EnglishCardinal-priestTitulus S. Cecilia21 December 1381Urban VIHe was deprived of cardinalate by Urban VI in 1385 and was not considered a valid elector in October 1389 (he was reinstated in December of that year)[2]
Valentin d'AlsanHungarianCardinal-priestTitulus Ss. IV Coronati (or S. Sabina)17 December 1384Urban VIAdministrator of the see of Pécs

Notes and References

  1. Miranda, Salvator. 1998. "Papal elections of the 14th Century (1303–1394)."
  2. http://www.fiu.edu/~mirandas/bios1381.htm The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church - Biographical Dictionary - Consistory of December 21, 1381