Jump to content
Main menu
Main menu
move to sidebar
hide
Navigation
Main page
Recent changes
Random page
Help about MediaWiki
Special pages
Niidae Wiki
Search
Search
Appearance
Create account
Log in
Personal tools
Create account
Log in
Pages for logged out editors
learn more
Contributions
Talk
Editing
Pope Honorius II
(section)
Page
Discussion
English
Read
Edit
View history
Tools
Tools
move to sidebar
hide
Actions
Read
Edit
View history
General
What links here
Related changes
Page information
Appearance
move to sidebar
hide
Warning:
You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you
log in
or
create an account
, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.
Anti-spam check. Do
not
fill this in!
===Death of Honorius II=== After almost a year of suffering a painful illness,<ref name="Mann, pg. 303">Mann, pg. 303</ref> Honorius fell seriously ill in early 1130.<ref name="Levillain, pg. 732" /> Cardinal Aymeric and the Frangipani family began planning their next moves, and Honorius was taken to the [[San Gregorio Magno al Celio]] monastery, which was located in the territory controlled by the Frangipani.<ref name="Levillain, pg. 732" /> Supporters of the Pierleoni family, already preparing to back [[Antipope Anacletus II|Pietro Pierleoni]]<ref>Levillain, pg. 733</ref> on a rumor that Honorius had died, stormed the monastery of the dying Honorius, hoping to force the election of Pietro.<ref name="Mann, pg. 304">Mann, pg. 304</ref> Only the sight of the still living Honorius in full pontifical robes forced them to disperse.<ref name="Mann, pg. 304" /> Nevertheless, Cardinal Aymeric's plans had not yet reached fruition when Honorius died on the evening of 13 February 1130.<ref name="Levillain, pg. 732" /> The cardinals supporting the Frangipani immediately closed the monastery gates and refused to allow anyone inside.<ref name="Mann, pg. 304" /> The next day, and contrary to the usual customs, Honorius was quickly buried without any pomp or ceremony in the monastery, as the hand-picked cardinals got around to electing Gregorio Papareschi, who took the name [[Pope Innocent II]].<ref name="Levillain, pg. 732" /> At the same time, the excluded cardinals, most of whom were supporters of the Pierleoni family, elected Pietro Pierleoni, who took the name [[Antipope Anacletus II|Anacletus II]], throwing the church once again into [[Papal schism of 1130|schism]].<ref>Levillain, pgs. 732β733</ref> Honorius eventually transferred from the monastery to the Lateran for reburial once Innocent II had been elected.<ref name="Levillain, pg. 732" /> He was buried in the south transept next to the body of Callixtus II.<ref name="Mann, pg. 304" />
Summary:
Please note that all contributions to Niidae Wiki may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here.
You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see
Encyclopedia:Copyrights
for details).
Do not submit copyrighted work without permission!
Cancel
Editing help
(opens in new window)
Search
Search
Editing
Pope Honorius II
(section)
Add topic