Papal conclave, 1406

Papal conclave of November 18 to November 30, 1406 – the papal conclave of the time of the Great Western Schism, convened after the death of Pope Innocent VII, it elected Cardinal Angelo Correr, who under the name of Gregory XII became the fourth pope of the Roman Obedience.
==Cardinal electors==
Pope Innocent VII died on November 6, 1406. At the time of his death, there were eighteen cardinals in the Roman Obedience of the College of Cardinals. Fourteen of them participated in the election of his successorList of participants of conclave of 1406 (by Salvador Miranda):
Elector 	Title 	Elevated 	Elevator 	Notes Notes accordnig to the biographical entries of the respective cardinals on Essay of a General List of Cardinals by Salvador Miranda
Angelo Acciaioli 	Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia e Velletri 	1384, December 17	Urban VI 	Dean of the Sacred College of Cardinals; Vice-Chancellor of the Holy Roman Church; Archpriest of the patriarchal Vatican Basilica
Enrico Minutolo 	Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati 	1389, December 18	Boniface IX 	Archpriest of the patriarchal Liberian Basilica; Camerlengo of the Sacred College of Cardinals
Antonio Caetani 	Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina 	1402, February 27	Boniface IX 	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 	
Corrado Carracioli 	Cardinal-Priest of S. Crisogono 	1405, June 12 	Innocent VII 	Camerlengo of the Holy Roman Church; Administrator of the see of Mileto
Angelo Correr 	Cardinal-Priest of S. Marco 	1405, June 12 	Innocent VII 	Latin Patriarch of Constantinople; Administrator of the see of Coron
(elected Pope Gregory XII)
Giordano Orsini 	Cardinal-Priest of SS. Silvestro e Martino ai Monti	1405, June 12 	Innocent VII 	Cardinal-protector of the Order of Franciscans
Giovanni Migliorati 	Cardinal-Priest of S. Croce in Gerusalemme 	1405, June 12 	Innocent VII (Cardinal-nephew)	
Antonio Calvi 	Cardinal-Priest S. Prassede 	1405, June 12 	Innocent VII 	
Landolfo Maramaldo 	Cardinal-Deacon of S. Nicola in Carcere Tulliano 	1381, December 21	Urban VI 	Protodeacon of the Sacred College of Cardinals; Legate in Perugia
Rinaldo Brancaccio 	Cardinal-Deacon of SS. Vito e Modesto 	1384, December 17	Urban VI 	
Oddone Colonna 	Cardinal-Deacon of S. Giorgio in Velabro 	1405, June 12 	Innocent VII 	Bishop-elect of Urbino
Pietro Stefaneschi 	Cardinal-Deacon of S. Angelo in Pescheria 	1405, June 12 	Innocent VII 	
Jean Gilles 	Cardinal-Deacon of SS. Cosma e Damiano 	1405, June 12 	Innocent VII 	
All the electors were Italians, except of Jean Gilles, who was French. Four of them were elevated by Urban VI, two by Boniface IX, and eight by Innocent VII.
===Absentee cardinals===
Four cardinals, one created by Urban VI, one by Boniface IX and two by Innocent VII, did not participate in this conclave:
Elector 	Title 	Elevated 	Elevator 	Notes
Balint Alsani 	Cardinal-Priest of S. Sabina 	1384, December 17	Urban VI 	Archpriest of the Sacred College of Cardinals; Administrator of Pécs
Francesco Uguccione 	Cardinal-Priest of SS. IV Coronati 	1405, June 12 	Innocent VII	Administrator of Bordeaux
Pietro Filargo of Candia, O.F.M.	Cardinal-Priest of SS. XII Apostoli	1405, June 12 	Innocent VII	Administrator of Milan
Baldassare Cossa 	Cardinal-Deacon S. Eustachio 	1402, February 27	Boniface IX 	Legate in Romagna and Bologna
==The election of Pope Gregory XII==
Fourteen cardinals present in Rome entered the conclave in VaticanVatican History: Konklave 1406
 on November 18, twelve days after the death of Innocent VII.
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 about a place of meetingJohn Kelly, The Oxford Dictionary of Popes, Oxford 1986, p. 235.
Almost no further details about this conclave are known, except of its final result. On November 30 Cardinal Angelo Correr, proposed by Cardinal Caetani, was unanimouslyThe Catholic Encyclopedia: Pope Gregory XII elected Pope, in spite of his very advanced age (probably ca. 80). He accepted his election and took the name of Gregory XII. Although he claimed the legality of his pontificate, nine years later he abdicated in the Council of Constance, making possible to restore the unity of the Roman Catholic Church.
==Notes==
==External links==
* List of participants of the Papal conclave, 1406
* Vatican History: Konklave 1406 (in German)
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