1285 Papal Election
elected Honorius IV1–2 April 1285 · Conclave law and the Great Schism · Perugia
The 1285 papal election, convened in Viterbo after the death of Pope Martin IV, elected Cardinal Giacomo Savelli, who took the name Honorius IV. Because of the suspension of the apostolic constitution Ubi periculum by Adrian V in 1276, this election was technically not a papal conclave.
Elected pope
Honorius IV
Giacomo Savelli
Succeeded
Martin IV
Duration
2 days
1 ballot
Cardinal electors
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pre-conclave election
Key officials
| Dean | Ordonho 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.