College of Cardinals (Principia Moderni IV Map Game)

College of Cardinals
Type	Electoral body
Legal status	active
Purpose/focus	Choosing new Pope
Headquarters	St. Peter's Basilica
Location	Rome
Official languages	Latin
Parent organization	Catholic Church
Affiliations	Pope

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 resign. 

Rules for Players

For more player involvement, each player will be able to decide the vote of his or her respective Cardinals. If you do not sign off in the section below before the next turn after the Papal death it will be assumed that you are not interested in voting and your votes will go to Callum. NPC votes also go to Callum. 

Since the reform of Leo X in his 1506 Bull Ecclesiam Cardinalibus, in order to be elected Pope, only a simple majority must be obtained. As there are fifteen Cardinals, there must be a vote of eight in order to become Pope. You are allowed to vote for yourself, but it is discouraged. 

Current College

The current College is composed of fifteen Cardinals. Unless otherwise stated, Cardinals are appointed on the Feast of the Assumption: August 15. 

Name	Position	Appointed	Nation
Markus Fugger	Bishop of Augsburg	1497	Augsburg
Gerard Lumley	Archbishop of York	1515	England
XX	Patriarch of the Northern Rite	1520	Brandenburg
Luigi Pampani	Vicar-General of Rome	1522	Papal States
Franz von Werden	Bishop of Stettin	1533	Brandenburg
Alessandro Peroni	Patriarch of the Latin Rite	1534	Papal States
Nicolas de Villiers (lay)	Hospitaller Grand Master	1536	Hospitaller New Rhodes
Antonio da Cunha	Archbishop of Lisbon	1537	Portugal
Matteo Bortolucci	Bishop of Ostia	1537	Papal States
Robert Bradford	Archbishop of Canterbury	1537	England
Stanisław Strzelecki	Archbishop of Łodz	1539	Poland (Council of Catholic Counts)
João Martins	Archbishop of Braga	1539	Portugal
Diego de Orbe	Archbishop of Toledo	1539	Iberia
Andreas Boonen	Bishop of Mechelen	1539	Burgundy
Aldrich von Munster	Archbishop-Patriarch of Cologne	1443	Cologne

Papal Conclave, 1404-1405

This College was composed of fifteen Cardinals, down from sixteen in the last Papal Conclave in 1389. Strikeouts represent Cardinals who died in the process of selection. 

Name	Appointed	Nation
Landolfo Maramaldo	1381, December 21	Naples
Angelo Acciaioli	1384, December 17	Florence
Francesco Carbone Tomacelli	1384, December 17	Naples
Angelo d'Anna de Sommariva	1384, December 17	Naples
Rinaldo Brancaccio	1384, December 17	Naples
Bálint Alsáni	1384, December 17	Hungary
Ludovico Fieschi	1384, December 17	Genoa
Enrico Minutoli	1389, December 18	Naples
Cosimo Gentile Migliorati	1389, December 18	Naples
Cristoforo Maroni	1389, December 18	Rome
Baldassare Cossa	1402, February 27	Bologna
Pietro II di Candia	1402, February 27	Milan
Antonio Caetani	1402, February 27	Aquileia
Thomas Pupio	1402, February 27	Provence
Lope de Mendoza	1402, February 27	Castile

Please cast your votes for a particular candidate below. 

• Lope de Mendoza votes for himself. ~Edge because Mp is a bum
• Pietro II di Candia nominates his close friend, Francesco Carbone Tomacelli, for the esteemed position of the Pope. ~Rex
• Ludovico Fieschi votes for Francesco Carbone Tomacelli. ~Oct
• Balint Alsani votes for Cristoforo Maroni ~Lieu
• Thomas Pupio votes on his Castillian friend, Lope de Mendoza. ~Nic
• All of Naples's cardinals (Maramaldo, Tomacelli, Sommariva, Brancaccio, Minutolo, and Migliorati) vote for Naples's eldest clergyman in the College of Cardinals, Landolfo Maramaldo. ~Pyra
• The other four cardinals vote for Cosimo Gentile Migliorati. -MP

Because no one was voted in as Pope this turn, the vote will go into next turn. Maroni is eliminated, leaving only Migliorati, Maramaldo, and Mendoza to contest the papacy. Vote below.

• Ludovico Fieschi votes for Landolfo Maramaldo~ Oct
• All remaining Neapolitan cardinals continue to vote for Landolfo Maramaldo ~Pyra
• Pupio votes on Lope de Mendoza. ~Nic
• Mendoza votes for himsel again. ~Edge
• Pietro II di Candia casts his vote for Landolfo Maramaldo. -Rex
• Balint Alsani votes for Angelo Acciaioli ~Lieu
• Angelo Acciaioli (just realized I control Florence, and ergo Acciaioli) votes for Landolfo Maramaldo. ~Rex
• He was a cardinal from Florence before you conquered his home city, he won't vote on your behalf. -MP
• Florence votes for Angelo Acciaioli while the other two vote for Maramaldo. 

With nine votes, Maramaldo becomes Pope, taking the name Innocent VII. 

Papal Conclave, 1415-1417

Name	Appointed	Nation
Angelo d'Anna de Sommariva	1384, December 17	Naples
Rinaldo Brancaccio	1384, December 17	Naples
Ludovico Fieschi	1384, December 17	Genoa
Baldassare Cossa	1402, February 27	Bologna
Thomas Pupio	1402, February 27	Provence
Lope de Mendoza	1402, February 27	Castile
Jacobus Palladinus de Teramo	1410, February 27	Milan
Christian Ahlefeldt	1410, February 27	Norway
Pileo de’ Marini	1410, February 27	Genoa
Knut Bosson	1410, February 27	Sweden
Giordano Orsini	1414, February 27	Naples
Dživo Sorkočević	1414, February 27	Ragusa
Pedro Martínez de Luna	1414, February 27	Aragon
Gil Sánchez Muñoz	1414, February 27	Aragon
Angelo d'Accostella	1414, February 27	Rhodes

Jacobus Palladinus de Teramo votes for Ludovico Fieschi. -Rex

Dživo Sorkočević votes for Lope de Mendoza -Sky

Angelo d'Accostella votes for Knut Bosson

Ludovico Fieschi and Peilo di Marini vote for Fieschi. ~Oct

Pupio votes on his dope niqqa Lope for Pope. ~Nic

Knut Bosson votes for himself. ~AM

Christian Ahlefedt votes for Knut Bosson -Belial

Everyone else votes for Accostella. As a result, the vote is now limited down to Accostella, Bosson, and Fieschi.

Ludovico Fieschi and Peilo di Marini vote for Fieschi. ~Oct

Both de Luna and Munoz vote for Fieschi. ~Tim

Christian Ahlefedt votes for Knute Basson- Belial

Angelo d'Accostella votes for himself ~Cal

Pupio somewhat disappointed Lope is not elected, votes for Accostella

Dživo Sorkočević votes for d'Accoestella ~Sky

Knut Bosson votes for himself ~AM

Everyone else votes for Accostella, except for Teramo who votes for Fieschi. As a result, the vote is now limited down to Accostella and Fieschi. 

Both de Luna and Munoz vote for Fieschi. ~Tim

Christian Ahlefedt votes for Accostella ~Belial

Thomas Pupio votes for Accostella ~Nic

Angelo d'Accostella votes for himself ~Cal

Dživo Sorkočević votes for d'Accostella ~Skah

Knut Bosson votes for d'Accostella ~AM

Jacobus Palladinus de Teramo votes once more for Ludovico Fieschi. -Rex

Everyone else votes for Accostella, except for Genoa's cardinals because Oct is lazy. As a result, Accostella is elected Pope by a vote of ten. He takes the name Callixtus III. 

Papal Conclave, 1448-1451

Name	Appointed	Nation
Lope de Mendoza	1402, February 27	Castile
Dživo Sorkočević	1414, February 27	Ragusa
Jean d'Orleans	1425, January 12	France
Heinrich Flozenberg	1436, January 13	Austria
Giovanni Corelli	1436, January 13	Italy
Juan Carlos Cortez	1436, January 13	Castile
Francis du Plessis	1436, January 13	France
Ferdinando Sporeto	1436, January 13	Naples
John Novelli	1440, January 13	Papal States
Littorio de Foreno	1440, December 20	Papal States
Carlos Fransistos	1440, December 20	Aragon
Giovanni Neoveno	1440, December 20	Papal States
John Kristatos	1440, December 20	Greece
Joseph Angelos	1440, December 20	Greece
Andrew Polemos	1440, December 20	Hospitallers

OOC NOTE: Lope de Mendoza would've died in 1445, so probably isn't visiting us at this Papal Conclave.

Ferdinando Sporeto nominates his friend, Giovanni Corelli.

Plessis votes on his Castillian friend Cortez.

Fransistos votes for Cortez of Castile. ~Tim

Dživo voted for Cortez ~Skyboi

John Kristatos and Joseph Angelos of Greece vote for John Novelli of the Papal States. -NathanialPrice

The three cardinals from the Papal States and the Hospitaller cardinal all vote for Cortez. ~Cal

Giovanni Corelli votes for John Novelli. Ferdinando Sporeto also changes his vote to Novelli. -Rex

Everyone else votes for Cortez (because they've had a chance to vote). Cortez of Castile becomes the new Pope and takes the name Callixtus IV. 

Papal Conclave 1477-1478

Name	Appointed	Nation	Number of Votes	Voted?
John Novelli	1440, January 13	Papal States		Y
Littorio de Foreno	1440, December 20	Papal States		Y
Carlos Fransistos	1440, December 20	Aragon	1	Y
Giovanni Neoveno	1440, December 20	Papal States	1	Y
John Kristatos (Greek Rite)	1440, December 20	Greece
Joseph Angelos (Greek Rite)	1440, December 20	Greece
Andrew Polemos	1440, December 20	Hospitallers		Y
Giovanni Battista Orsini (lay)	1475, September 29	Hospitallers		Y
Gunther von Rantzau (Reformed Northern Rite)	1475, September 29	Brandenburg		Y
Fernando Perez	1476, August 15	Castile	10	Y
Pedro Manrique	1476, August 15	Castile		Y
Emmerich von Berg	1476, August 15	Cologne		Y
Antonio Ortolano	1476, August 15	Italy		Y
Maxim Konstantinov (Bulgarian Rite)	1476, August 15	Bulgaria
Thomas Rotherham	1476, August 15	England		Y

NOTE: Information in parentheses is an impediment to being elected to the papacy (ie they are a layman or are not of the Latin Rite). All cardinals, regardless of such impediments, can still vote. 

Votes:

Cardinal Carlos Fransistos nominates Fernando Perez for the Papacy.

Cardinal John Kristatos nominates Maxim Konstantinov for the Papacy.

Cardinal Joseph Angelo supports the nomination of Maxim Konstantinov for the Papacy.

As the Note above says, being of a non-Latin rite is an impediment to being elected. Feel free to cast a vote for any of the Cardinals without information in brackets. ~Cal

Cardinal Antonio Ortolano nominates Giovanni Neovano for the Papacy.

Cardinals Novelli, de Foreno, and Neoveno cast their votes for Perez. 

Rotherham votes for Perez

Cardinal Emmerich von Berg casts his vote for Perez.

Cardinal Gunther von Rantzau casts his vote for Perez

Cardinal Pedro Manrique supports his colleague and fellow Castilian Perez in his run for the Papacy.

Cardinal Fernando Perez nominates his Aragonese colleague Carlos Fransistos.

Cardinal Andrew Polemnos and Grandmaster Pierre d'Aubusson (Lay) vote for Fernando Perez.

As Perez has gained the majority required (10 votes) I think Perez would now be the presumptive Pope-elect. ~Tim

Yup, I agree:

Habemus papam! Fernando Perez of Castile succeeds his countryman to the Throne of St Peter and takes the name Leo X.

Papal Conclave 1520

Name	Appointed	Nation	Number of Votes	Voted
Littorio de Foreno	1440, December 20	Papal States		X
Carlos Fransistos	1440, December 20	Iberia		X
Giovanni Neoveno	1440, December 20	Papal States		X
John Kristatos (Eastern Rite)	1440, December 20	Bulgaria		X
Joseph Angelos (Eastern Rite)	1440, December 20	Bulgaria		X
Andrew Polemos	1440, December 20	Hospitallers	1	X
Giovanni Battista Orsini (lay)	1475, September 29	Hospitallers		X
Primate Gunther von Rantzau (Reformed Northern Rite)	1475, September 29	Brandenburg
Fernando Perez	1476, August 15	Iberia		X
Pedro Manrique	1476, August 15	Iberia		X
Rhoderich de la Mark	15--, August 15	Cologne		X
Antonio Ortolano	1476, August 15	Italy		X
Maxim Konstantinov (Eastern Rite)	1476, August 15	Bulgaria	4	X
Thomas Rotherham	1476, August 15	England	8	X
Markus Fugger	1497, August 15	Augsburg	1	X

Cardinals from NPCs will be controlled by mod random determination. Also, please remember that although you are voting now, the actual election is taking place in 1520. So do not write about the election in your turns until 1520.

Hold up, just realised. Don't the rules above give me the NPC votes? ~Cal

Sorry Cal, you're right. -scraw

A surprise at the College of Cardinals! Cardinal Orsini tries to convince his fellow Cardinals that the men of the non-Latin rite should also be eligible for the papacy. He seeks the support of the Cardinals from the Bulgarian, Northern, and Greek Rites. -scraw

Papal States: The two States Cardinals are willing to accept the idea, but point out that as the Patriarch of the West and the bishop of a Latin-Rite diocese, the Papacy is a Latin-Rite position, meaning that were a non-Latin to be raised to the Holy See, he would have to be proficient in the Latin-Rite rubrics. They both vote for Rotherham. 

I think the Hospitallar is an NPC.

The Knights Hospitaller: Cardinal Andrew Polemos rejects the notion of Cardinal Orsini and instead votes for Markus Fugger. It is suspected that he may have been bribed. -S

Markus Fugger votes for Rotherham.

Rhoderich de la Mark votes for Rotherham.

All Iberian Cardinals place their votes for their English colleague Rotherham.

Thomas Rotherham is honoured by people supporting him. He agrees that the Pope and Catholic church is a Latin rite and so it would be insensible for someone of the non- Latin rite to be nominated. He nominates Andrew Polemos

John Kristatos, Joseph Angeolos, and Maxim Konstantov (also reigning as Ecumenical Patriarch currently) All vote for Cardinal Konstantov (this is 2 votes only is it not? not sure about the rules on self voting).

Callum just a note, yes i am voting eastern rite again, but there is a specific purpose and its not something that can be negated, this is a clear disunity in parts of the church. -Feud

Np dude, I'm going to have an Ecumenical Council to sort this stuff out. ~Cal

Antonio Ortolano votes Rotherham. ~Cal

Orsini votes Konstantinov to prove his point. ~Cal

Habemus Papam

After an unusually heavily contested Conclave, the Englishman Rotherham is elected Pope in 1520 by the closest of margins, coming to the throne of St Peter in a time of clear disunity and distrust throughout the Church. 

Papal Conclave 1545

Name	Position	Appointed	Nation	Number of Votes	Voted?
Markus Fugger	Bishop of Augsburg	1497	Augsburg
Gerard Lumley	Archbishop of York	1515	England		Y
Himler von Stein	Patriarch of the Northern Rite	1520	Brandenburg	2
Luigi Pampani	Vicar-General of Rome	1522	Papal States
Franz von Werden	Bishop of Stettin	1533	Brandenburg
Alessandro Peroni	Patriarch of the Latin Rite	1534	Papal States
Nicolas de Villiers (lay)	Hospitaller Grand Master	1536	Hospitaller New Rhodes
Antonio da Cunha	Archbishop of Lisbon	1537	Portugal
Matteo Bortolucci	Bishop of Ostia	1537	Papal States
Robert Bradford	Archbishop of Canterbury	1537	England		Y
Stanisław Strzelecki	Archbishop of Łodz	1539	Poland (Council of Catholic Counts)
João Martins	Archbishop of Braga	1539	Portugal
Diego de Orbe	Archbishop of Toledo	1539	Iberia
Andreas Boonen	Bishop of Mechelen	1539	Burgundy
Aldrich von Munster	Archbishop-Patriarch of Cologne	1443	Cologne

Remember that although you are voting now, the election does not take place in-game until 1545, so do not mention it in-turn until then.

Additionally, since the reforms of the Council of Cologne, any Cardinal can be elected Pope (although electing the layman de Villiers would be unusual since he would have to be ordained a priest, then a bishop, then made pope; and electing Fugger would be unwise since he's about a million years old)

Votes: 

Gerald Lumley and Robert Bradford votes for XX Patriarch of the Northern Rite in an attempt to quell the rising differences between the Latin and northern rites combined with also supporting allies in Brandenburg.

Fugger votes for himself.

Cardinals

Below is the section where you may propose Cardinals to fill in seats left vacant by a Cardinal's death. Please try to restrain your proposal to one Cardinal per nation, unless you'd like the risk of the College being filled by an entire nation of Cardinals, which is no fun anyway. 

• Samuel Tóth, Archbishop of Bohemia
• Mario Moltisanti, Archbishop Of Milan