1352 Conclave
elected Innocent VI16–18 December 1352 · Conclave law and the Great Schism · Palais des Papes, Avignon
The papal conclave held from 16 to 18 December 1352 was convened after the death of Pope Clement VI and elected as his successor Cardinal Etienne Aubert. The fifth pope of the period of the Avignon Papacy, he took the name Innocent VI.
Elected pope
Innocent VI
Étienne Aubert
Succeeded
Clement VI
Duration
3 days
Cardinal electors
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locked in under conclave rules
Key officials
| Dean | Pierre Desprès |
| Camerlengo | Stefano Aldebrandi Cambaruti |
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.