Papal conclave, 1342

The conclave of 1342 was the election meeting of the Cardinals after the death of Pope Benedict XII ..

Election of Pope Clement VI.

Benedict XII. died in Avignon on 25 April 1342.

The conclave began on May 5 and lasted only two days. The choice fell unanimously on Pierre Roger, of Pope Clement VI. called and thus became the fourth Pope of the Avignon Papacy. According to the testimony of the cardinals of Farges and Ceccano the choice " of divine inspiration alone " was intended. On May 19, the new pope was crowned by Cardinal deacon Raymond Guillaume des Farges in the church of the Dominicans at Avignon.

Shortly after the death of Benedict XII. sent King Philip VI. of France his eldest son John the Good with the task to support the candidacy of Pierre Roger at Avignon, but when he came, the choice had already been completed with the desired result by the king.

Participant

At the time of his death there were nineteen cardinals, of whom seventeen participated in the subsequent conclave:

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Ten voters were of John XXII. , Six of Benedict XII. and Clement V appointed. Thirteen of them were French, three Italians and a Spaniard.

The Office of Camerlengos the Holy Roman Church at that time occupied by gas Bert de Valle, Archbishop of Narbonne, (no cardinal ), and nephew of Pope John XXII ..

Absent Cardinals

Two French cardinals, both of John XXII. were appointed, not participated in this conclave: