September 1276 Papal Election
elected John XXI1276 · Conclave law and the Great Schism · Palazzo dei Papi di Viterbo
The September 1276 papal election is the only papal election to be the third election held in the same year; after Pope Gregory X died, two successors died that year, requiring yet another election. The election was also the first non-conclave since the establishment of the papal conclave after the 1268–1271 papal election.
Elected pope
John XXI
Pedro Julião
Succeeded
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Duration
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Cardinal electors
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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.