1280–1281 papal election
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The 1280–81 papal election (September 22 – February 22) elected Simon de Brion, who took the name Pope Martin IV,[1] as the successor to Pope Nicholas III.
Papal election 1280–81 | |
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Dates and location | |
22 September 1280 – February 22, 1281 Palazzo dei Papi di Viterbo | |
Key officials | |
Dean | Ordonho Alvares |
Protopriest | Anchero Pantaleone |
Protodeacon | Giacomo Savelli |
Elected pope | |
Simon de Brion Name taken: Martin IV | |
← 1277 1285 → |
The protracted election is unique due to the violent removal of two cardinals—Matteo Orsini and Giordano Orsini—by the magistrates of Viterbo on the charges that they were "impeding" the election.[2] Only a decade earlier, the magistrates of Viterbo had intervened in the papal election, 1268–1271 by removing the roof tiles of the Palazzo dei Papi di Viterbo to speed up another deadlocked contest. The expulsion of the Orsini and the subsequent election of Simon was due to the influence of Charles I of Naples ("Charles of Anjou").[3]