All Vatican elections

1130 Papal Election

elected Innocent II

14 February 1130 · The first papal elections · monastery of S. Gregorio, Rome

A papal election was held on 14 February 1130, after the death of Pope Honorius II, and resulted in a double election. Part of the cardinals, led by Cardinal-Chancellor Aymery de la Châtre, elected Gregorio Papareschi as Innocent II, but the rest of them refused to recognize him and elected Cardinal Pietro Pierleoni, who took the name of Anacletus II.

Elected pope

Innocent II

Gregorio Papareschi

Succeeded

Honorius II

Duration

1 day

Cardinal electors

pre-conclave election

Key officials

DeanPietro Senex

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.