1304–1305 Conclave

elected Clement V

10/17 July 1304 – 5 June 1305 · Conclave law and the Great Schism · Perugia Cathedral, Perugia

The 1304–1305 papal conclave was initiated after the death of Pope Benedict XI in July 1304. It took place in Perugia, the city in which Benedict XI had died, and proved to be a protracted affair.

Elected pope

Clement V

Raymond de Got

Succeeded

Benedict XI

Duration

11 months

Cardinal electors

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locked in under conclave rules

Key officials

Dean	Giovanni Boccamazza
Camerlengo	Teodorico Ranieri

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.