College of Cardinals (Merveilles du Monde Map Game)

The College of Cardinals is the collection of cardinals within the Roman Catholic Church. Each cardinal is appointed by the pope and represents the upper echelon of the Catholic Church. The College is responsible for selecting the next pope whenever the incumbent dies or decides to abdicate.

Votes
Cast votes here per Cardinal.

Papal cardinals cast their vote for Cardinal Giovanni Boccamazza.

The Neapolitan Cardinals cast their vote for Landolfo Brancaccio.

To avoid conflict with Holy See, the Genoese cardinal voted for Giovanni Boccamazza.

Habemus papam! Giovanni Boccamazza is elected pope and takes the papal name Callixtus III.

Votes
'''NOTE: The candidate requires 11 votes to be elected Pope. If no one has that many the vote starts again.''' The Roman cardinals cast their votes for Giovanni Minio da Morrovalle (except for Giovanni Minio da Morrovale, who cannot vote for himself).

The Albanian Cardinal votes for Giovanni Minio da Morrovalle.

The Genoa Cardinal vote for Giovanni Minio da Morrovalle.

John of Patras votes for Giovanni Minio da Morrovalle.

Jan Muskata votes for Giovanni Minio da Morrovalle

(Per the mod response), Niccolò Alberti of Florence casts his vote for Giovanni Minio da Morrovalle.

Habemus papam! Giovanni Minio da Morrovalle is elected Pope and takes the name of Pope John XXI, renumbering the previous John XXI as John XX to fix the papal numbering error.

Votes
Loren Velásquez nominates and votes for Heinrich II von Virneburg, explaining to the other cardinals that with the current instability in the HRE and Gregory XI having been a archbishop-elector he thinks another archbishop-elector would be a good choice to continue Gregory XI's reforms with regards to the HRE.

Giacomo Albertini votes for Angelo Tignosi, stating that the Mediterranean is in great upheaval right now, and a Pope from the region could help solving these problems.

The Papal States cardinals votes for Alessandro Guidi (except Alessandro, since he can't vote for himself). They do this due to the work of Guidi as Cardinal Secretary of pope Gregory XI.

Nicholas Dörögdi votes for Alessandro Guidi, due to him being the most experienced and the most stable candidate for the church at the time.

Jens Grand votes for Alessandro Guidi, due to work in charitable services alongside Gregory XI to help the poor.

Francesco Bellinari votes for Allesandro Guidi, due to his experience with Gregory and what they provided to the poor people of Corsica.

Omar Carrera Candela votes for Allesandro Guidi due to his humanitarian assistance alongside Gregory and is experience believing he will continue the period of much needed stability of the church.

Nicholas of Thebes casts his vote for Allesandro Guidi.

Habemus papam! Alessandro Guidi is elected Pope and takes the papal name Sixtus IV.

Votes
Ulrich V von Lenzburg nominates and votes for Jan IV z Dražic, citing Dražic's seniority in the College of Cardinals and the fact having a Polish pope would be useful in stabilising that region after its recent internal conflicts. Loren Velásquez seconds the nomination and also votes for Jan IV z Dražic.

Nankier Kolda votes for Jan IV z Drazic.

Andrew Corsini nominates and votes for Giovanni II Visconti, citing the need for a calm headed man of war in these troublesome times, and citing his devotion to the church to the point of declining rulership of Milan in order to focus on his duties as a Cardinal and Arch-Bishop, he alsocites Giovanni's actions in Crimea against the White Horde, as proof of his calm headedness.

Alexander de Bicknor votes for Jan IV z Drazic.

Henry of Asti, Latin Patriarch of Constantinople, votes for Giovanni II Visconti, agreeing with Cardinal Corsini's reasoning and praising Giovanni as a man of integrity.

After discussing about the future pope with Cardinal Pierre Roger, the cardinals of the Papal States decides to vote for Jan IV z Dražic, due to his seniority and as a way to help with the reconstruction of Bohemia-Poland after their civil war.

Right before his last minutes Ari Guðmundsson votes for Nicholas Dörögdi.

Nicholas Dörögdi votes for Jan IV z Dražic having worked with him and finding him to be a true and godly man.

Giovanni II Visconti votes for Drazic having had brief interactions with him during his visits to Bohemia, and considering a true man of God.

Habemus papam! Jan IV z Dražic is elected Pope and takes the papal name Honorius V.

Votes
Loren Velásquez nominates and votes for Pierre Roger, citing his excellent track record as Cardinal Secretary and head of the Ecclesial Tribunal, with him having made numerous domestic decisions during the pontificate of Honorius V. Ulrich V von Lenzburg seconds the nomination and also votes for Pierre Roger.

After much thinking Ari does like his father and votes for Cardinal Dörögdi.

The cardinals of the Papal States votes for Pierre Roger, due to his excellent work as Cardinal Secretary and head of the Ecclesial Tribunal.

Henry of Asti, Latin Patriarch of Constantinople, votes for Pierre Roger.

Hemming Nilsson votes for Pierre Roger.

Giovanni II Visconti votes for Pierre Roger, Andrew seconds this decision.

Alexander of Bicknor votes for Roger.

Henry IV of Aspremont votes for Pierre Roger.

Habemus papam! Pierre Roger is elected Pope and takes the papal name Clement V.

Votes
Loren Velásquez nominates and votes for Ulrich V von Lenzburg, citing his efforts of charity during the Black Death and his pivotal role in the investigation of Nicholas de Besse's corruption.

After much thinking the Icelandic Cardinals both vote of Ulrich for his scholarly actions.

Patriarch Philip of Salona prayerfully casts his vote for Cardinal Ulrich V von Lenzburg.

After consulting with King Magnus, Petrus Torkilsson votes for Cardinal Ulrich V.

The Cardinals of the Papal States votes for Ulrich V von Lenzburg, due to his help during the investigations of Nicholas de Besse's acts of corruption.

Engelbert of La Merck votes for Youhanna VII of Lebanon.

Habemus papam! Ulrich V von Lenzburg is elected Pope and takes the papal name Victor IV.

Votes
Loren Velásquez nominates and votes for Étienne Aubert, citing his excellent work as head of the Ecclesial Tribunal, including in the investigation of Nicholas de Besse's corruption alongside Pope Victor IV.

The Cardinals of Iceland both agree to vote for Bodzenta.

The cardinals of the Papal States votes for Cardinal Étienne Aubert, due to his work as head of the Ecclesial Tribunal and for discovering the corruption of Nicholas de Besse.

Philip of Salona votes for Cardinal Étienne Aubert.

Tomas Mac Cearbhaill votes for Aubert.

Engelbert of La Merck votes for Bodzenta of Września.

Andrew Corsini votes for Aubert due to there cooperation in the investigation of Nicholas de Besse corruption.

Habemus papam! Étienne Aubert is elected Pope and takes the papal name Innocent VI.

Votes
Johann II von Munsingen nominates and votes for Andrew Corsini, citing his seniority in the College, his excellent work as Cardinal-Secretary and before that with the Army of Mercy and his efforts against corruption. Loren Velásquez and Peter Gelyto concur and also vote for Corsini.

Bodzenta of Września votes for Andrew Corsini (I no longer control Arnost since the union with Bohemia is over).

The Cardinals of the Papal States votes for Cardinal Andrew Corsini, due to his important role discovering the crimes of Nicholas de Besse and his work as Cardinal-Secretary of Innocent VI and head of the Army of Mercy. They also think that Corsini is the best candidate due to his title of "Apostle of Florence".

The Cardinal Guglieolmo II della Pusterla of Padania votes for Andrew Corsini due to his work alongside him during the civil war as well as his effort in discovering the crimes of Nicholas de Besse.

Latin Patriarch of Constantinople Gaspar of Thessalonica casts his vote for Andrew Corsini - recognizing the popular support among the curia for him.

Petrus Torkilsson of Uppsala votes for Andrew Corsini.

The cardinals of Iceland vote for Andrew Corsini.

Habemus papam! Andrew Corsini is elected Pope and takes the papal name Nicholas V.

Votes
Lluis Urrutia nominates and votes for Ari Arason, citing his excellent work as Cardinal-Secretary and his seniority in the College of Cardinals. Frederick Capet concurs and also votes for Arason.

Guichard Tavelli, however, argues that as Arason is from an isolated northern island with a distinct culture from continental Europe he is not really suitable to represent all of the peoples of Christendom in Rome and instead nominates and votes for John of Arkel, citing his efforts against corruption in his bishopric.

Walter Wardlaw also concurs with Urrutia and votes for Arason, citing his belief than even the most isolated places are one with Christendom and also points to the hermetic life of various saints and martyrs especially in the early years of Christendom. After all the warm embrace of the Catholic church is open to the entire world.

Robert of Geneva nominates and votes for Frederick Capet on the basis of his piety and dedication to the service of God. The other two French cardinals agree and cast their votes for Frederick.

The Papal States cardinals vote for Ari Arason.

John of Arkel and John V of Dampierre-St. Dizier vote for Frederick Capet.

Whilst are Ari votes for Orsini and encourages the other two to do it Diarmada and Snorri vote for Ari themselves.

With the nobility still remembering the Treaty of Akranes, in which Sweden, at that time under the rule of King Magnus, ceded the Faroes, Shetland, and Orkney to Iceland, Birger Gregersson chooses to vote for Frederick Capet.

The English Cardinal Chooses Ari.

Andrea della Torre and Simon da Borsano vote for Ari Arason.

(Per the mod events) Claro Peruzzi and Gaspar of Thessalonica vote for Rinaldo Orsini and Thomas (III) Telegdi and Florian of Mokrsko vote for Frederick Capet.

This round is inconclusive, the conclave continues for a second round.

Votes
Guichard Tavelli again nominates and votes for John of Arkel, now highlighting how Arkel would be good as a compromise candidate neutral to the Anglo-French conflict and also mentioning his good track record of combating corruption in his bishoprics. This time, Lluis Urrutia and Frederick Capet concur and also vote for John of Arkel.

The Papal States cardinals vote for John of Arkel.

Birger Gregersson, after learning about Capet's accidental tennis patricide, casts his vote for John of Arkel.

The French cardinals, wanting to get the conclave over with, vote for John of Arkel.

The Padanian Cardinals, tired of so much drama on many fronts decide to vote for John Van Arkel.

The Icelandic cardinals vote for John of Arkel.

John V of Dampierre-St. Dizier votes for John of Arkel.

Habemus papam! John of Arkel is elected Pope and takes the papal name Sebastian I after having a vision about two people named Sebastian and Adrian functioning as religious leaders for the Low Countries.

Votes
Frederick Capet nominates and votes for Robert of Geneva, citing his excellent record as Cardinal General Comissary and his efforts for peace in France. Édouard of Savoy and Lluis Urrutia concur and also vote for Robert of Geneva.

The French cardinals vote for Robert of Geneva, for reasons stated above.

The Papal States cardinals vote for Robert of Geneva.

The Portuguese Cardinal votes for the Icelandic Cardinal.

Birger Gregersson votes for Robert of Geneva.

Cardinal Snorri votes for Ari but Ari votes for Orsini.

Walter Wardlaw once again votes for Ari Arason.

Robert Waldby votes for Ari Arason.

Cardinal Borssini abstains citing his need to be with the people of Padania during these troubled times.

Habemus papam! Robert of Geneva is elected Pope and takes the papal name Clement VI.