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1264–1265 Papal Election

elected Clement IV

12 October 1264 – 5 February 1265 · The first papal elections · Perugia

The 1264–65 papal election (12 October 1264 – 5 February 1265) was convened after the death of Pope Urban IV and ended by electing his successor Pope Clement IV. It met in Perugia, where Urban IV had taken refuge after being driven out of Orvieto.

Elected pope

Clement IV

Gui Foucois

Succeeded

Urban IV

Duration

4 months

Cardinal electors

pre-conclave election

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.