December 1187 Papal Election
elected Clement III19 December 1187 · The first papal elections · Pisa
Alberto di Morra, as papal chancellor, had followed Pope Lucius III in his flight from the Roman campagna, to seek aid from the Emperor Frederick Barbarossa in Verona. Negotiations between the two quickly broke down, and the pope and his court found themselves trapped in Verona by a hostile emperor.
Elected pope
Clement III
Paolo Scolari
Succeeded
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Duration
1 day
Cardinal electors
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pre-conclave election
Key officials
| Dean | Konrad von Wittelsbach |
| Camerlengo | Melior le Maitre |
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.