1370 Conclave
elected Gregory XI29–30 December 1370 · Conclave law and the Great Schism · Palais des Papes, Avignon
Urban V died on 20 December 1370, at Avignon. He was the first pope who resided in Rome since 1304, although only for a short time (1367 until the beginning of 1370, when he returned to Avignon).
Elected pope
Gregory XI
Pierre de Beaufort
Succeeded
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Duration
2 days
Cardinal electors
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locked in under conclave rules
Key officials
| Dean | Guy de Boulogne |
| Camerlengo | Arnaud Aubert |
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.