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1280–1281 Papal Election

elected Martin IV

22 September 1280 – February 22, 1281 · Conclave law and the Great Schism · Palazzo dei Papi di Viterbo

The protracted election is unique due to the violent removal of two cardinals—Matteo Orsini and Giordano Orsini—by the magistrates of Viterbo on the charges that they were "impeding" the election.

Elected pope

Martin IV

Simon de Brion

Succeeded

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Duration

5 months

Cardinal electors

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pre-conclave election

Key officials

DeanOrdonho Alvares

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.