1404 Conclave

elected Innocent VII

10–17 October 1404 · Conclave law and the Great Schism · Rome, Papal States

Several churchmen and laymen urged "Roman" Cardinals not to elect the successor of Boniface IX and to recognise Benedict XIII of Avignon as Pope (or, at least, to wait for his death and then elect the new pope together with his adherents).

Elected pope

Innocent VII

Cosimo de' Migliorati

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.