1144 papal election

The 1144 papal election followed the death of Pope Celestine II and resulted in the election of Pope Lucius II.

Papal election 1144
Dates and location
9 March 1144 Rome
Key officials
Dean	Corrado Demetri della Suburra
Protopriest	Gerardo Caccianemici
Protodeacon	Gregorio Tarquini
Elected pope
Gerardo Caccianemici Name taken: Lucius II
← 1143 1145 →

Election of Lucius II

Pope Celestine II died on 8 March 1144 at Rome, after a pontificate of only five months.^[1] The election of his successor took place in the shadow of this municipal revolution, which opposed the secular rule of the Pope.^[2] Celestine II was unable to recover full control over the city of Rome; in addition he had to face also the demands of the king Roger II of Sicily.^[3] This problem remained unresolved on his death, because he had refused to confirm the privileges granted to Roger by his predecessor Innocent II.^[3]

The cardinals present at Rome elected Cardinal Gerardo Caccianemici, priest of the titulus of S. Croce in Gerusalemme and former canon regular of S. Frediano di Lucca. The details concerning the place of the election or the exact date of electoral proceedings are not registered.^[4] Since the elect was chancellor of the Holy See and close collaborator of both Innocent II and Celestine II, it may be assumed that the cardinals wanted to continue their policy, friendly towards the Empire and hostile towards the king Roger.^[5] The elect took the name Lucius II and received episcopal consecration on 12 March 1144.^[6]

Cardinal-electors

There were probably 39 cardinals in the Sacred College of Cardinals in March 1144.^[7] Based on examination of the subscriptions of the papal bulls in 1144^[8] and the available data about the external missions of the cardinals, it is possible to establish that no more than 36 cardinals participated in the election:

Elector	Cardinalatial Title	Elevated	Elevator	Notes
Corrado Demetri della Suburra	Bishop of Sabina	1113/14	Paschalis II	Dean of the College of Cardinals; future Pope Anastasius IV (1153–1154)
Theodwin, O.S.B.	Bishop of Santa Rufina	ca. 1133	Innocent II
Alberic de Beauvais, O.S.B.Cluny	Bishop of Ostia	3 April 1138	Innocent II
Étienne de Châlons, O.Cist.	Bishop of Palestrina	21 February 1141	Innocent II
Imar, O.S.B.Cluny	Bishop of Tusculum	13 March 1142	Innocent II
Pietro	Bishop of Albano	17 September 1143	Innocent II
Gerardo Caccianemici, Can.Reg.	Priest of S. Croce in Gerusalemme	9 March 1123	Callixtus II	Protopriest; Chancellor of the Holy Roman Church; elected Pope Lucius II
Guido Florentinus	Priest of S. Crisogono	1139	Innocent II
Rainiero	Priest of S. Prisca	22 December 1139	Innocent II
Goizo	Priest of S. Cecilia	22 December 1139	Innocent II
Gregorio della Suburra	Priest of S. Maria in Trastevere	1 March 1140	Innocent II
Tommaso	Priest of S. Vitale	1 March 1140	Innocent II
Pietro	Priest of S. Pudenziana	20 September 1140	Innocent II	Archpriest of the Vatican Basilica
Ubaldo Allucingoli	Priest of S. Prassede	16 December 1138	Innocent II	Future Pope Lucius III (1181–1185)
Ubaldo	Priest of SS. Giovanni e Paolo	19 December 1141	Innocent II
Gilberto	Priest of S. Marco	13 March 1142	Innocent II
Niccolo	Priest of S. Ciriaco	13 March 1142	Innocent II
Manfredo	Priest of S. Sabina	17 December 1143	Celestine II
Rainiero	Priest of S. Stefano in Monte Celio	17 December 1143	Celestine II
Guido de Summa	Priest of S. Lorenzo in Damaso	17 December 1143	Celestine II
Ariberto	Priest of S. Anastasia	17 December 1143	Celestine II
Gregorio Tarquini	Deacon of SS. Sergio e Bacco	9 March 1123	Callixtus II	Protodeacon
Odone Bonecase	Deacon of S. Giorgio in Velabro	4 March 1132	Innocent II
Guido Pisano	Deacon of SS. Cosma e Damiano	4 March 1132	Innocent II
Gerardo	Deacon of S. Maria in Domnica	27 May 1138	Innocent II
Guido de Castro Ficeclo	Deacon of Holy Roman Church	1139	Innocent II
Pietro	Deacon of S. Maria in Aquiro	21 February 1141	Innocent II
Pietro	Deacon of S. Maria in Portico	19 September 1141	Innocent II
Gregorio	Deacon of the Holy Roman Church	19 December 1141	Innocent II
Gregorio	Deacon of S. Angelo in Pescheria	17 December 1143	Celestine II
Astaldo degli Astalli	Deacon of S. Eustachio	17 December 1143	Celestine II
Giovanni Caccianemici, Can.Reg.	Deacon of S. Maria Nuova	17 December 1143	Celestine II	Nephew of the elect
Giovanni Paparoni	Deacon of S. Adriano	17 December 1143	Celestine II
Ugo Novariensis	Deacon of S. Lucia in Orphea	17 December 1143	Celestine II
Rodolfo	Deacon of S. Lucia in Septisolio	17 December 1143	Celestine II

Twenty two electors were created by Pope Innocent II, ten by Celestine II, two by Pope Callixtus II and one by Pope Paschalis II.

Absentees

Elector	Cardinalatial Title	Elevated	Elevator	Notes
Rainaldo di Collemezzo, O.S.B.Cas.	Priest of SS. Marcellino e Pietro	ca. 1139-1141	Innocent II	Abbot of Montecassino (external cardinal[9])
Adenulf, O.S.B.	Deacon of S. Maria in Cosmedin	16 December 1132	Innocent II	Abbot of Farfa; papal legate in Germany[10]
Ottaviano de Monticelli	Deacon of S. Nicola in Carcere	25 February 1138	Innocent II	Papal legate in the Kingdom of Sicily;[11] future Antipope Victor IV (1159–1164)

Notes

1. Jaffé, II, p. 7
2. Robinson, p. 78.
3. See Robinson, p. 387
4. Jaffé, II, p. 7. Election in 1143 took place in the Lateran Basilica, in 1145 at the church S. Cesareo in Palatio.
5. Robinson, p. 387
6. Robinson, p. 525; Jaffé, II, p. 7.
7. Reconstruction is based on Brixius, p. 22 note 4 with the following corrections: Bishop Rodolfo of Orte has been excluded because he was not a cardinal at that time (Zenker, p. 52-53). Additionally, Brixius indicates that also Bernardo da Pisa, future Pope Eugene III, belonged to the College of Cardinals (similarly Zenker, pp. 184–187), but see M. Horn: Studien zur Geschichte Papst Eugens III. (1145–1153), Peter Lang Verlag 1992, pp. 42–45.
8. Jaffé, p.1 and 7
9. Zenker, p. 191–192; see also G. Loud, The Latin Church in Norman Italy, Cambridge University Press, 2007, p. 157-158
10. Mary Stroll, The Medieval Abbey of Farfa: Target of Papal and Imperial Ambitions, BRILL 1997, p. 254
11. Bruno W. Häuptli (2004). "Victor IV. (Victor V., Ottaviano de' Monticelli), Gegenpapst 1159-1164". In Bautz, Traugott (ed.). Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL) (in German). Vol. 23. Nordhausen: Bautz. cols. 1533–1536. ISBN 3-88309-155-3.; he did not subscribe any papal bulls between 19 February and 14 May 1144 (Jaffé, p.1 and 7)

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