Papal conclave, 1404

Papal conclave of October 10 to October 17, 1404 – the papal conclave of the time of the Great Western Schism, convened after the death of Pope Boniface IX, it elected Cardinal Cosimo Gentile Migliorati, who under the name of Innocent VII became the third pope of the Roman Obedience.
==Cardinal electors==
Pope Boniface IX died on October 1, 1404. At the time of his death, there were only 12 cardinals in the Roman Obedience of the Sacred College. Nine of them participated in the election of his successor:
Elector 	Order and titular church 	Elevated 	Elevator 	Notes
Angelo Acciaioli 	Cardinal-Priest of S. Lorenzo in Damaso 	1384, December 17	Urban VI 	
Francesco Carbone Tomacelli, O.Cist. 	Cardinal-Priest of S. Susanna 	1384, December 17	Urban VI 	Grand penitentiary; Archpriest of the patriarchal Lateran Basilica
Angelo d'Anna de Sommariva, O.S.B.Cam. 	Cardinal-Priest of S. Pudenziana 	1384, December 17	Urban VI 	
Enrico Minutolo 	Cardinal-Priest of S. Anastasia 	1389, December 18	Boniface IX	Archpriest of the patriarchal Liberian Basilica; Camerlengo of the Sacred College of Cardinals
Cosimo Gentile Migliorati (elected Pope Innocent VII)	Cardinal-Priest of S. Croce in Gerusalemme 	1389, December 18	Boniface IX	
Cristoforo Maroni 	Cardinal-Priest of S. Ciriaco 	1389, December 18	Boniface IX	Archpriest of the patriarchal Vatican Basilica
Antonio Caetani 	Cardinal-Priest of S. Cecilia 	1402, February 27	Boniface IX	
Landolfo Maramaldo 	Cardinal-Deacon of S. Nicola in Carcere Tulliano	1381, December 21	Urban VI 	
Rinaldo Brancaccio 	Cardinal-Deacon of SS. Vito e Modesto 	1384, December 17	Urban VI 	
All the electors were Italians. Five of them were elevated by Pope Urban VI, and four by Boniface IX.
Camerlengo of the Holy Roman Church was at that time Corrado Caraccioli, bishop of Mileto.
===Absentee cardinals===
Three cardinals, two created by Urban VI and one by Boniface IX, did not participate in this conclave:
Elector 	Order and titular church 	Elevated 	Elevator 	Notes
Balint Alsani 	Cardinal-Priest of S. Sabina 	1384, December 17	Urban VI 	Archpriest of the Sacred College of Cardinals; Administrator of the see of Pécs
Ludovico Fieschi	Cardinal-Deacon of S. Adriano 	1384, December 17	Urban VI 	Protodeacon of the Sacred College of Cardinals; Administrator of the see of Vercelli
Baldassare Cossa	Cardinal-Deacon of S. Eustachio	1402, February 27	Boniface IX	Legate in Romagna and Bologna
Hungarian Alsani was the only non-Italian Cardinal in the Roman Obedience.
==The election of Pope Innocent VII==
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). Among the supporters of this point of view was Cardinal Protodeacon Ludovico Fieschi, who did not attend the conclave and later did not recognise its result. 
In spite of this, nine cardinals present in Rome entered the conclave on October 10. Initially, they subscribed the conclave capitulation, which obliged elect to do everything possible (including abdication) in order to restore the unity of the Church. After seven days of deliberations Cardinal Camerlengo Cosimo Gentile Migliorati was unanimously elected pope and took the name of Innocent VII. Five days later Cardinal Fieschi officially abandoned the Roman ObedienceS. Miranda: Ludovico Fieschi and recognised Benedict XIII as true pope, so the rite of papal coronation on November 11 was performed by the new Protodeacon Landolfo MaramaldoS. Miranda: Pope Innocent VII.
==Notes==
==Bibliography==
*Martin Souchon: Die Papstwahlen in der Zeit des grossen Schismas, Verlag von Benno Goeritz, 1888
==External links==
*Salvador Miranda: List of participants of the papal conclave of 1404
*Konklave 1404
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