Editing Pope Celestine V (section)

==Election as pope==
{{Main article|Papal election, 1292–1294}}
The cardinals assembled at [[Perugia]] after the death of [[Pope Nicholas IV]] in April 1292. After more than two years, a consensus had still not been reached. Pietro, well known to the cardinals as a Benedictine hermit, sent the cardinals a letter warning them that divine vengeance would fall upon them if they did not quickly elect a pope. [[Latino Malabranca Orsini|Latino Malabranca]], the aged and ill [[Dean of the College of Cardinals|Dean]] of the [[College of Cardinals]] cried out, "In the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit, I elect brother Pietro di Morrone!" The cardinals promptly ratified Malabranca's desperate decision. When sent for, Pietro obstinately refused to accept the papacy, and even, as [[Petrarch]] says, tried to flee, until he was finally persuaded by a deputation of cardinals accompanied by the king of [[Charles II of Naples|Naples]] and the [[Charles Martel of Anjou|pretender to the throne of Hungary]]. Elected on 5 July 1294,<ref>Jeffrey H. Denton (2002). ''Robert Winchelsey and the Crown 1294–1313'', Vol. 14, Cambridge University Press, p. 66.</ref> he was crowned at [[Santa Maria di Collemaggio]] in the city of [[L'Aquila|Aquila]] in the [[Abruzzo]] on 29 August, taking the name Celestine V.<ref name=Loughlin1908/>