1216 Papal Election
elected Honorius III18 July 1216 · The first papal elections · Perugia
The 1216 papal election was convoked in Perugia on 18 July 1216 following the death of Pope Innocent III two days earlier. The troubled social and political climate in Italy, including the threat of schism and foreign invasions, led the assembled cardinals to adopt the procedure of compromissum, delegating the election to a committee of cardinal-bishops.
Elected pope
Honorius III
Cencio Savelli
Succeeded
Innocent III
Duration
1 day
Cardinal electors
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pre-conclave election
Key officials
| Dean | Nicola de Romanis |
| Camerlengo | Stefano di Ceccano |
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.