1118 Papal Election
elected Gelasius II24 January 1118 · The first papal elections · Santa Maria in Pallara, Rome
The 1118 papal election was held to choose the successor for Pope Paschal II, who died in Rome on 21 January 1118, after an 18-year pontificate. Pope Gelasius II was elected as his successor.
Elected pope
Gelasius II
Giovanni Coniulo
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.