Coat of arms during the vacancy of the Holy See
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Dates and location | |
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25 October – 2 November 1389 Apostolic Palace, Papal States |
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Key officials | |
Dean | Francesco Moricotti Prignani |
Camerlengo | Marino Bulcani |
Protodeacon | Tommaso Orsini dei Conti di Manupello |
Elected Pope | |
Pietro Tomacelli (Name taken: Boniface IX) |
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The papal conclave, 1389 was convened from 25 October 1389 to 2 November 1389, after the death of Pope Urban VI. The conclave is historically unique because all of the cardinal electors were the creation of a single pontiff: Urban VI, the very pope who was being replaced. None of the surviving cardinals created by previous popes recognized Urban VI as legitimate (see: Western Schism). In addition, Urban VI had deposed four of his creatures, and three were absent, leaving only sixteen cardinal electors.