# 1227 papal election

The 1227 papal election (19 March), was convoked after the death of Pope Honorius III on 18 March 1227 at Rome.
The cardinals present at Rome assembled in the Septizodium on the next day after the death of Honorius III and decided to elect the new Pope by compromissum, meaning not by the whole Sacred College of Cardinals but by the committee of few of them, empowered by the rest to appoint the new Pontiff. The same procedure had been already used in the previous election. The committee numbered three cardinals, among whom were cardinal-bishops Ugolino di Segni of Ostia and Konrad von Urach of Porto (the name of the third one is not registered). Initially the committee elected its member Konrad von Urach with two votes out three, but he refused the tiara. Hereupon the rest of cardinals unanimously elected Ugolino di Segni (another committee member) on 19 March 1227. He reluctantly accepted the high honour, taking the name of Gregory IX.
The new Pope received the pallium in the Vatican Basilica on 21 March 1227, and on the same day was enthroned in the Lateran Basilica. On 11 April 1227, his relative Ottaviano Conti di Segni, archdeacon of the Sacred College, solemnly crowned him in the Basilica di S. Maria in Maggiore.

## List of participants

Probably 15 out of 18 cardinals participated in the election:
| Elector | Cardinalatial title | Elevated | Elevator | Other ecclesiastical titles | Notes |
| Ugolino di Segni | Bishop of Ostia e Velletri | 19 December 1198 | Innocent III | Dean of the Sacred College of Cardinals | Cardinal-nephew; elected Pope Gregory IX |
| Pelagio Galvani | Bishop of Albano | ca. 1206/1207 | Innocent III | | |
| Nicola de Chiaramonte, O.Cist. | Bishop of Frascati | 6 January 1219 | Honorius III | | |
| Konrad von Urach, O.Cist. | Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina | 6 January 1219 | Honorius III | | Elected Pope but declined |
| Oliver von Paderborn | Bishop of Sabina | September 1225 | Honorius III | |
| Guido Pierleoni | Bishop of Palestrina | 18 December 1204 | Innocent III | Archpriest of the Vatican Basilica | |
| Guala Bicchieri, C.R.S.P. | Priest of SS. Silvestro e Martino ai Monti | 18 December 1204 | Innocent III | Protopriest | |
| Stefano di Ceccano, O.Cist. | Priest of SS. XII Apostoli | 19 May 1212 | Innocent III | | |
| Tommaso da Capua | Priest of S. Sabina | 5 March 1216 | Innocent III | Grand penitentiary | |
| Ottaviano dei Conti di Segni | Deacon of SS. Sergio e Bacco | 27 May 1206 | Innocent III | Protodeacon | Cardinal-nephew |
| Rainiero Capocci, O.Cist. | Deacon of S. Maria in Cosmedin | 5 March 1216 | Innocent III | | |
| Stefano de Normandis dei Conti | Deacon of S. Adriano | 5 March 1216 | Innocent III | | Cardinal-nephew |
| Gregorio Crescenzi | Deacon of S. Teodoro | 5 March 1216 | Innocent III | | |
| Gil Torres | Deacon of SS. Cosma e Damiano | 18 February 1217 | Honorius III | | |
| Pietro Caputo | Deacon of S. Giorgio in Velabro | 1219 | Honorius III | | |

## Absentee cardinal

Probably three cardinals were absent:
| Elector | Cardinalatial title | Elevated | Elevator | Notes |
| Stephen Langton | S.R.E. cardinalis | 27 May 1206 | Innocent III | Archbishop of Canterbury 1207–1228; resigned his titulus S. Crisogono after receiving episcopal consecration in 1207; external cardinal |
| Giovanni Colonna di Carbognano | Priest of S. Prassede | 27 May 1206 | Innocent III | Rector of Spoleto |
| Romano Bonaventura | Deacon of S. Maria in Portico | 5 March 1216 | Innocent III | Papal Legate in the southern France |