1119 Papal Election
elected Callixtus II29 January – 2 February 1119 · The first papal elections · Cluny Abbey, Cluny, Saône-et-Loire, France
It is likely that only two cardinal bishops, four cardinal priests and four cardinal deacons participated in the election. The election took place in the abbey of Cluny in Burgundy, France, while most of the other cardinals remained in Italy.
Elected pope
Callixtus II
Guy de Bourgogne
Succeeded
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Duration
5 days
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.