1334 Conclave
elected Benedict XII13–20 December 1334 · Conclave law and the Great Schism · Palais des Papes, Avignon
An early favorite among the papabile was Cardinal Jean-Raymond de Comminges, Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina, son of Count Bernard VI of Comminges and Laura de Montfort. The French cardinals, led by Hélie de Talleyrand-Périgord, did not want to leave their native France for the plague-infested and unfriendly city of Rome.
Elected pope
Benedict XII
Jacques Fournier
Succeeded
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Duration
8 days
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.