Editing Pope Honorius IV (section)

==Election as pope==
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When Martin IV died on 28 March 1285, at [[Perugia]], Cardinal Savelli was unanimously elected Pope on 2 April, on the first ballot, and took the name of Honorius IV. He remained at Perugia throughout April,<ref>Augustus Potthast, ''Regesta pontificum Romanorum'' II (Berlin 1875), 1795-1796.</ref> but, once negotiations were completed, he travelled to Rome and took up residence in the family palace next to Santa Sabina on the [[Aventine Hill]].<ref>Maria Floriani Squarciapino, "Aventino pagano e cristiano. La zona di Santa Sabina e del palazzo Savelli," ''Scavi e ricerche archeologiche degli anni 1976-1979'' 2 (1985), 257-259. Pierre-Yves Le Pogam, "Cantieri e residenze dei papi nella seconda meta del XIII secolo. Il caso del castello Savelli sull'Aventino," ''Domus et splendida palatia. Residenze papali e cardinalizie a Roma fra XII e XV secolo. Atti della giornata di studi... 23 novembre 2002'' (ed. Alessio Monciatti) (Pisa 2004), 77-87.</ref> He was ordained a priest by Cardinal Latino Malabranca Orsini on 19 May, and was consecrated a bishop and crowned pope on Trinity Sunday, 20 May in [[St. Peter's Basilica]].<ref>Potthast, p. 1797.</ref> Honorius IV was already advanced in age and so severely affected with [[gout]] (or arthritis) that he could neither stand nor walk. When saying [[mass (liturgy)|Mass]] he was obliged to sit in a specially constructed chair, and at the elevation of the host his hands had to be raised by a mechanical contrivance.