1144 Papal Election
elected Lucius II9 March 1144 · The first papal elections · Rome
Pope Celestine II died on 8 March 1144 at Rome, after a pontificate of only five months. The election of his successor took place in the shadow of this municipal revolution, which opposed the secular rule of the Pope.
Elected pope
Lucius II
Gherardo Caccianemici
Succeeded
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Duration
1 day
Cardinal electors
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pre-conclave election
Key officials
| Dean | Corrado Demetri della Suburra |
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.