The papal election held from January 29 to February 2 1119 was, of all the elections currently considered legitimate by the Roman Catholic Church, the smallest of the twelfth century.
It is likely that only two cardinal bishops, four cardinal priests and four cardinal deacons participated in the election. The election took place in Cluny Abbey in France, while most of the other cardinals remained in Italy. A non-cardinal Guy of Burgundy, the archbishop of Vienne, was elected Pope Callixtus II. It was agreed by the cardinals at Cluny that they would seek the approval of the cardinals in Rome before they proceeded to enthrone the elected person. The cardinals in Rome granted their consent, and Guy was crowned in Vienne on February 9. Having spent more than a year restoring affairs in France and Germany, he reached Rome on 3 June 1120.
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