Papal conclave, 1342

Papal conclave of May 5 to May 7, 1342 – the papal conclave convened after the death of Pope Benedict XII, it elected Cardinal Pierre Roger, who under the name of Clement VI became the fourth Pope of the period of Avignon Papacy.
==Cardinal electors==
Pope Benedict XII died at Avignon on April 25, 1342. At the time of his death, there were nineteen Cardinals in the Sacred College, of whom seventeen participated in the subsequent conclave:Salvador Miranda Conclave of 1342.
Elector 	Cardinalatial Title 	Elevated 	Elevator 	NotesNotes according to the biographical entries of the respective cardinals on The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church: consistories of XIV Century by Salvador Miranda
Pierre Desprès 	Bishop of Palestrina 	December 20, 1320	John XXII 	Dean of the Sacred College of Cardinals; Vice-Chancellor of the Holy Roman Church
Bertrand du Pouget 	Bishop of Ostia e Velletri 	December 17, 1316	John XXII
(Cardinal-nephew)	
Jean-Raymond de Comminges 	Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina 	December 18, 1327	John XXII 	
Annibaldo di Ceccano 	Bishop of Frascati 	December 18, 1327	John XXII 	
Pedro Gómez de Barroso 	Bishop of Sabina 	December 18, 1327	John XXII 	
Imbert Dupuis 	Priest of SS. XII Apostoli 	December 18, 1327	John XXII
(Cardinal-nephew)	Protopriest and Camerlengo of the Sacred College of Cardinals
Hélie de Talleyrand-Périgord	Priest of S. Pietro in Vincoli 	May 25, 1331 	John XXII 	Cardinal-protector of the Order of Franciscans
Pierre Bertrand 	Priest of S. Clemente 	December 20, 1331	John XXII 	
Gozzio Battaglia 	Priest of S. Prisca 	December 18, 1338	Benedict XII	
Bertrand de Déaulx 	Priest of S. Marco 	December 18, 1338	Benedict XII	
Pierre Roger, O.S.B. 	Priest of SS. Nereo ed Achilleo 	December 18, 1338	Benedict XII	Elected Pope Clement VI
Guillaume Court, O.Cist. 	Priest of SS. IV Coronati 	December 18, 1338	Benedict XII
(Cardinal-nephew)	
Bernard d’Albi 	Priest of S. Ciriaco alle Terme 	December 18, 1338	Benedict XII	
Guillaume d'Aure, O.S.B. 	Priest of S. Stefano al Monte Celio	January 1339 	Benedict XII	
Raymond Guillaume des Farges	Deacon of S. Maria Nuova 	1310, December 19	Clement V
(Cardinal-nephew)	Protodeacon of the Sacred College Cardinals
Gaillard de la Mothe 	Deacon of S. Lucia in Silice 	December 17, 1316	John XXII 	
Giovanni Colonna 	Deacon of S. Angelo in Pescheria 	December 18, 1327	John XXII 	
Ten electors were creatures of John XXII, six of Benedict XII and one of Clement V. Thirteen of them were French, three Italians and one Spaniard.
The post of the Camerlengo of the Holy Roman Church was occupied at that time by Gasbert de ValleNiccolò del Re, La Curia romana: lineamenti storico giuridici, Città del Vaticano, 1998, p. 296, archbishop of Narbonne (not a Cardinal) and nephew of Pope John XXII.
==Absentee cardinals==
Two French Cardinals, both elevated by John XXII, did not participate in this conclave:
Elector 	Cardinalatial Title 	Elevated 	Elevator 	Notes
Gauscelin de Jean 	Bishop of Albano 	December 17, 1316	John XXII (Cardinal-nephew)	Grand penitentiary
Bertrand de Montfavez	Deacon of S. Maria in Aquiro	December 17, 1316	John XXII 	Archpriest of the patriarchal Lateran Basilica
==The election of Pope Clement VI==
The conclave started on May 5 and lasted only two days. On May 7 Cardinal Pierre Roger, former Chancellor of the Kingdom of France, was unanimously elected Pope, "by divine inspiration alone", as reported shortly thereafter Cardinals des Farges and CeccanoG. Mollat, p. 37. Elect took the name of Clement VI. On May 19 new Pope was crowned in the church of the Dominicans in Avignon by Raymond Guillaume des Farges, protodeacon of S. Maria Nuova.S. Miranda: Cardinal Pierre Roger (Pope Clement VI).
Shortly after the death of Benedict XII king Philip VI of France sent to Avignon his eldest son with the task to support the candidature of Cardinal Roger, but when he arrived, the election had been already accomplished with the result expected by the king.
==Notes==
==Sources==
* List of participants of the conclave of 1342 by Salvador Miranda
* G. Mollat The Popes at Avignon 1305-1378, London 1963
* Wrigley, J.E. 1982. "The Conclave and the Electors of 1342". Archivum Historiae Pontificiae Roma, 20: 51-81.
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