1088 Papal Election
elected Urban II12 March 1088 · The first papal elections · Santi Pietro e Cesareo, Terracina
Pope Victor III died on 16 September 1087 at Montecassino. Shortly before his death he recommended the election of Cardinal Odon de Lagery as his successor.
Elected pope
Urban II
Odon de Lagery
Succeeded
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Duration
1 day
Cardinal electors
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pre-conclave election
Ballot-by-ballot tallies are destroyed by design — the paper is burned in the stove whose smoke announces the result — so this entry records what the Church documents: the dates, the electors, the number of ballots where known, and the man who walked out onto the balcony.