# 1227 papal election _Election of Pope Gregory IX_ Canonical: https://diginpl.com/places/1227-papal-election Last updated: 2026-10-31 > The 1227 papal election (19 March), was convoked after the death of Pope Honorius III on 18 March 1227 at Rome. ## Quick facts - **Type:** papal election ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4576010#P31)) - **Located in:** Rome (border city) › Metropolitan City of Rome (metropolitan city of Italy) › Lazio (region of Italy) › Italy (country) ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4576010#P131)) - **Coordinates:** 41.8856, 12.4887 ## About The cardinals present at Rome assembled in the Septizodium on the next day after the death of Honorius III and decided to elect the new Pope by compromissum, meaning not by the whole Sacred College of Cardinals but by the committee of few of them, empowered by the rest to appoint the new Pontiff. The same procedure had been already used in the previous election. The committee numbered three cardinals, among whom were cardinal-bishops Ugolino di Segni of Ostia and Konrad von Urach of Porto (the name of the third one is not registered). Initially the committee elected its member Konrad von Urach with two votes out three, but he refused the tiara. Hereupon the rest of cardinals unanimously elected Ugolino di Segni (another committee member) on 19 March 1227. He reluctantly accepted the high honour, taking the name of Gregory IX. The new Pope received the pallium in the Vatican Basilica on 21 March 1227, and on the same day was enthroned in the Lateran Basilica. On 11 April 1227, his relative Ottaviano Conti di Segni, archdeacon of the Sacred College, solemnly crowned him in the Basilica di S. Maria in Maggiore. ## Questions **Where is 1227 papal election located?** 1227 papal election is located in Rome, Metropolitan City of Rome, Lazio, Italy, Nepal. ## Related - [Mount Everest](https://diginpl.com/places/mount-everest) - [Himalayas](https://diginpl.com/places/himalayas) - [Kathmandu](https://diginpl.com/places/kathmandu) - [Kangchenjunga](https://diginpl.com/places/kangchenjunga) - [Annapurna (mountain range)](https://diginpl.com/places/annapurna-mountain-range) - [Dhaulagiri](https://diginpl.com/places/dhaulagiri) - [Makalu](https://diginpl.com/places/makalu) - [Lhotse](https://diginpl.com/places/lhotse) - [Cho Oyu](https://diginpl.com/places/cho-oyu) - [Manaslu](https://diginpl.com/places/manaslu) - [Pokhara](https://diginpl.com/places/pokhara) - [Lumbini](https://diginpl.com/places/lumbini) ## Sources - [Wikipedia (English): 1227 papal election](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1227_papal_election) — [CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) - [Wikidata item Q4576010](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4576010) — [CC0 1.0](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) - [Image: Gregory IX (cropped).jpg (Public domain)](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Gregory_IX_(cropped).jpg) ## Licence and attribution Text from the Wikipedia article 1227 papal election, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page's text is shared under the same licence. Facts from Wikidata (CC0). Image: Gregory IX (cropped).jpg, Public domain. ## Cite this page "1227 papal election". DigiNepal. Last updated 31 October 2026. https://diginpl.com/places/1227-papal-election. Retrieved 6 November 2026.