Sede Vacante 1378

Deposition of Petrus, alias Bulchius,
Priest of S. Bartolomeo all' Isola

Louis Gayet, Le grand schisme d'Occident Les Origines volume 1 (Paris-Florence-Berlin 1889), "Pièces justificatives", pp. 13-14:

Petrus alias Bulchius presbyter ecclesie S. Bartholomei de Insula prope Urbem, antione de Corneto, juravit et deposuit ista que secuntur, dominica die 8 Julii [1387]. .

1. Primo, dixit quod cardinalis dictus de Ursinis fecit convivium ante ingressum conclavis, ubi fuerunt omnis vicini sui [Marginal note: quasi ut rogaret eos ut defensarent domum suam et iste rector? qui erat preceptor cujusdam confraternitatis venit) in illa societate. Et presumit iste quod dictus cardinalis fecit istos vocari ut in congregatione nominarent romanum tempore conclavis.

2. Et illo sero cum intraverunt conclave, omnis clamabant: "Romanum volumus aut ad minus italicum," sed erant diversi romani in hoc, quia aliqui scilicet qui erant pro parte cardinalis de Ursinis clamabant pro romano in vico suo, et familia cardinalis S. Petri et de sequela sua idem petebant romanum. Et in vico D. Florentini et cardinalis Mediolani clamabant pro italiano. Sed Sede in supplicationibus romanorum petebant romanum vel italianum. Et vidit iste quod ipse fuit presens quum intraverunt cardinales conclave, quod post ingressum tota illa nocte clamabant, "Romanum volumus vel italicum ad minus." Et rumperunt etiam portas muratas et inondaverunt celarium ubi erat vinum et per totum, excepto conclave.

3. Et sequenti die de mane inceperunt clamare "romanum vel italicum volumus." Et post fuit rumor quod esset D. de S. Petro papa, et postea abbas de Monte Cursino [Pietro de Tartaris, Abbot of Montecassino] et subsequenter Dominus Barensis. Tunc populus fuit indignatus per istam narrationem, et dicebant quod romanum volebant, et fuit tunc pulsata campana, et poterat esse ad medio . . . . . . . . et incessanter et terribiliter clamabant continue quod romanum volebant vel ad minus italicum, alias quod essent omnis cisi pro frustra. Et post horam tertiarum fuit fractum conclave, quia volebant rapere illa que cardinales habebant intus, alii intentione ut viderent cardinalem S. Petri qui dicebatur esse papa.

Et ista sunt que scit et vidit.

Pietro Bulchius of Corneto, Priest of S. Bartolomeo all' Isola deposed as follows:

Cardinal Orsini gave a dinner, in which all of his neighbors who were members of the Confraternity participated, including himself. He presumes the Cardinal called them together so that they would name a Roman in the assembly at the time of the conclave.
On the evening when the Cardinals entered conclave [Wednesday, August 7], everybody was shouting, "We want a Roman, or at least an Italian. But the Romans were saying different things in all of this. Those who were on the side of Cardinal Orsini called for a Roman in their area; the 'famiglia' of the Cardinal of St. Peter's [Francesco Tebaldeschi] and their followers were likewise calling for a Roman. In in the area of the Cardinal of Florence [Pietro Corsini] and the Cardinal of Milan [Simone de Brossano] they were shouting for an Italian. But in their petitions the Romans were asking for a Roman or an Italian.
He saw, because he himself was present when the Cardinals entered conclave, that, after the entry, all during that night they were shouting, "We want a Roman, or at least an Italian." And they even broke down the the walled up gateways and flooded the wine-cellar and everywhere, except the conclave area.
On the following day [Thursday, April 8] in the morning, they began to shout, "We want a Roman or an Italian." And after that there was a report that the Cardinal of St. Peter's was pope; and later the Abbot of Montecassino, and subsequently the Archbishop of Bari. At that point the people were outraged with this proceeding, and they kept saying that that they wanted a Roman. And then the bell was rung, and he was able to be ..... and they were shouting incessantly and terribly that they wanted a Roman or at least an Italian, otherwise everybody was going to be slaughtered.
After the hour of terce the conclave was broken into because they wanted to steal everything that the cardinals had inside; others with the intention of seeing the Cardinal of St. Peter's who was being said to be Pope.