July 1276 Conclave

elected Adrian V

July 1276 · Conclave law and the Great Schism · Archbasilica of St. John Lateran, Rome

Pope Gregory X died on 10 January 1276 following a period of ill health. During his papacy, Gregory had established Ubi periculum to speed up papal elections.

Elected pope

Adrian V

Ottobuono Fieschi

Succeeded

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Duration

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Cardinal electors

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locked in under conclave rules

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.