1153 Papal Election
elected Anastasius IV8 July 1153 · The first papal elections
Pope Eugenius III died on 8 July 1153 at Tivoli. On 12 July the cardinals elected as his successor cardinal Corrado Demetri della Suburra, bishop of Sabina and dean of the College of Cardinals, who was 80 years old.
Elected pope
Anastasius IV
Corrado Demetri della Suburra
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.