All Vatican elections

1406 Conclave

elected Gregory XII

18–30 November 1406 · Conclave law and the Great Schism · Rome, Papal States

Initially, all the electors subscribed the conclave capitulation, in which each of them swore that, if elected, he would abdicate provided Antipope Benedict XIII did the same or should die; also, that he would not create new cardinals except to maintain parity of members with the Avignon cardinals; and that within three months he would enter into negotiations with his rival abo

Elected pope

Gregory XII

Angelo Correr

Succeeded

Duration

13 days

Cardinal electors

locked in under conclave rules

Key officials

DeanAngelo Acciaioli
CamerlengoCorrado Caraccioli

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.