1268–1271 Papal Election
elected Gregory X1 December 1268 – 1 September 1271 · The first papal elections · Palace of the Popes in Viterbo
The papal election that followed the death of Pope Clement IV lasted from 1 December 1268 to 1 September 1271 and was the longest in the history of the Catholic Church. This was due primarily to political infighting between the cardinals.
Elected pope
Gregory X
Teobaldo Visconti
Succeeded
Clement IV
Duration
2.8 years
Not less than 137
Cardinal electors
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pre-conclave election
Key officials
| Dean | Odo of Châteauroux |
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.