1154 Papal Election
elected Adrian IV4 December 1154 · The first papal elections · Old St. Peter's Basilica, Rome
Pope Anastasius IV died on 3 December 1154 in Rome, at a very advanced age. The College of Cardinals assembled in Old St.
Elected pope
Adrian IV
Nicholas Breakspear
Succeeded
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Duration
1 day
Cardinal electors
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pre-conclave election
Key officials
| Dean | Imar of Tusculum |
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.