The 1216 papal election (18 July), was convoked after the death of Pope Innocent III in Perugia (16 July 1216), elected Cardinal Cencio Camerario,[1] who took the name of Honorius III.

They deliberated in the enclosure,[5] though it is not certain whether voluntarily or under pressure of the local authorities.

[6] They decided to elect the new Pope by compromissum, it means, not by the whole Sacred College, but by the committee of few of them, empowered by the rest to appoint the new Pontiff.

This time the committee included only two cardinal-bishops: Ugolino of Ostia and Guido of Palestrina.

[7] On that same day, they elected Cardinal Cencio, called Camerario, aged 68, who accepted his election and took the name of Honorius III.