RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Pope Urban VI

1318 - 1389

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Pope Urban VI (Latin: Urbanus VI; Italian: Urbano VI; c. 1318 – 15 October 1389), born Bartolomeo Prignano (Italian pronunciation: [bartoloˈmɛːo priɲˈɲaːno]), was head of the Catholic Church from 8 April 1378 to his death, in October 1389. He was the last pope elected from outside the College of Cardinals. His pontificate began shortly after the end of the Avignon Papacy. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Pope Urban VI is the 249th most popular religious figure (down from 236th in 2019), the 195th most popular biography from France (up from 227th in 2019) and the 19th most popular French Religious Figure.

Pope Urban VI was most famous for being the first pope to be elected in a conclave.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Pope Urban VI ranks 249 out of 3,187. Before him are Hassan-i Sabbah, Pope John X, Pope Sixtus I, Pope Felix I, Pope John XV, and Pope Paschal II. After him are Joachim, Pope Lucius II, Pope Gelasius I, Rabia of Basra, Ānanda, and Pope Honorius IV.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1318, Pope Urban VI ranks 1. After him are Yusuf I of Granada, Margaret, Countess of Tyrol, Robert, Prince of Taranto, Albert II, Duke of Mecklenburg, Eleanor of Woodstock, and Bogislaw V, Duke of Pomerania. Among people deceased in 1389, Pope Urban VI ranks 3. Before him are Murad I, and Hafez. After him are Lazar of Serbia, Miloš Obilić, Dmitry Donskoy, U of Goryeo, Gülçiçek Hatun, Chang of Goryeo, William I, Duke of Bavaria, Hayam Wuruk, and Albert IV, Duke of Mecklenburg.

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In France

Among people born in France, Pope Urban VI ranks 195 out of 6,770. Before him are Georges Danton (1759), Pierre-Joseph Proudhon (1809), Louis VII of France (1120), Jean-Philippe Rameau (1683), Nicolas Flamel (1330), and André Breton (1896). After him are Pierre Bourdieu (1930), Gaspard-Gustave de Coriolis (1792), Henry II of England (1133), Alain Prost (1955), Théodore Géricault (1791), and Baldwin I, Latin Emperor (1172).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In France

Among religious figures born in France, Pope Urban VI ranks 19. Before him are Pope Urban IV (1185), Pope Martin IV (1220), Thérèse of Lisieux (1873), Bernadette Soubirous (1844), Saint Sebastian (300), and Pope Innocent V (1225). After him are Saint Roch (1295), Francis de Sales (1567), Hugues de Payens (1074), Vincent de Paul (1581), Jacques de Molay (1243), and Pope Nicholas II (990).

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