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Urban VII
Birth nameGiovanni Battista Castagna
Papacy beganSeptember 15, 1590
Papacy endedSeptember 27, 1590
PredecessorSixtus V
SuccessorGregory XIV
BornJuly 4 1521(1521--)
Rome, Italy
DiedSeptember 27 1590 (aged 69)
Rome, Italy
Other popes named Urban
Styles of
Pope Urban VIII
Reference styleHis Holiness
Spoken styleYour Holiness
Religious styleHoly Father
Posthumous styleHis Holiness|


Pope Urban VII (August 4, 1521 – September 27, 1590), born Giovanni Battista Castagna, was Pope for thirteen days in September 1590. He was of Genoese origin, although born in Rome. He was chosen successor of Pope Sixtus V (1585–90) on September 15, 1590, but died of malaria (September 27, 1590) before consecration, making his either the shortest or second shortest papal reign in history, depending on whether Stephen II is considered a real Pope (he has not been so considered by the Catholic Church since 1961).

He had previously served as governor of Bologna and as archbishop of Rossano, and was for many years nuncio to Spain; his election to the papacy was largely backed by the Spanish faction.

Urban VII's short passage in office gave rise to the world's first known public smoking ban, as he threatened to excommunicate anyone who "took tobacco in the porchway of or inside a church, whether it be by chewing it, smoking it with a pipe or sniffing it in powdered form through the nose".

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Coat of Arms of Pope Urban VII

References

  • "" in the 1913 Catholic Encyclopedia.
  • The Death of the Popes by Wendy J. Reardon, 2004.
Catholic Church titles
Preceded by
Sixtus V		Bishop of Rome, Vicar of Peter (deprecated A.D. 495), Vicar of Christ, Successor of the Prince of the Apostles
Supreme Pontiff (Pontifex Maximus)
Patriarch of the West (deprecated 2006), Primate of Italy,
Archbishop and Metropolitan of the Roman Province
Servant of the Servants of God
Pope
1590		Succeeded by
Gregory XIV


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Pope Sixtus V (December 13, 1521 – August 27, 1590), born Felice Peretti, was Pope from 1585 to 1590.

Biography

Peretti was born at Grottammare, in the Marche.
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Pope Gregory XIV (February 11, 1535 – October 16, 1591), born Niccolò Sfondrati, was Pope from December 5, 1590 – October 16, 1591.

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Comune di Roma

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Motto: "Senatus Populusque Romanus" (SPQR)   (Latin)
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Il Canto degli Italiani
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Comune di Roma

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Pope Urban may refer to one of several people:
  • Pope Urban I, pope c. 222-230, a Saint
  • Pope Urban II, pope 1088-1099, the Blessed Pope Urban
  • Pope Urban III, pope 1185-1187
  • Pope Urban IV, pope 1261-1264

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A style of office, or honorific, is a form of address which by tradition or law precedes a reference to a person who holds a title or post, or to the political office itself. An honorific can also be awarded to an individual in a personal capacity.
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The Pope (from Latin: papa, father;[1] from Greek πάπας (papas) = father - originally written πάππας (
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Comune di Genoa

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Comune di Roma

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Pope Sixtus V (December 13, 1521 – August 27, 1590), born Felice Peretti, was Pope from 1585 to 1590.

Biography

Peretti was born at Grottammare, in the Marche.
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  • 668 - Eastern Roman Emperor Constans II is assassinated in his bath at Syracuse, Italy.

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Malaria
Classification & external resources

Plasmodium falciparum ring-forms and gametocytes in human blood.
ICD-10 B 50.
ICD-9 084

OMIM 248310
DiseasesDB 7728
MedlinePlus 000621
eMedicine med/1385   emerg/305 ped/1357
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Stephen, a priest of Rome elected pope in March of 752 to succeed Pope Zachary, died of apoplexy three days later, before being ordained a bishop.

In those times, the pope was chosen from among the priests and deacons of Rome and never from among bishops from other dioceses
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Country Italy
Region Emilia-Romagna
Province Bologna (BO)
Mayor Sergio Cofferati

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Time zone CET, UTC+1
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