Urban VI

American  

noun

1. Bartolomeo Prignano, c1318–89, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 1378–89.

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Urban VI British  

noun

1. original name Bartolomeo Prignano ?1318–89, Italian ecclesiastic; pope (1378–89). His policies led to the election of an antipope by the French cardinals, thus beginning the Great Schism in the West

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Example Sentences

In 1378, the new pope, Urban VI, announced his intention to move the papacy back to Rome.

From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2020

In March, 1378, Gregory died, and was succeeded by the Archbishop of Bari, who took the name of Urban VI.

From Letters of Catherine Benincasa by Catherine, of Siena, Saint

The Archbishop gave his assent; he took the name of Urban VI.

From The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 07 by Johnson, Rossiter

Casinus, the son of a noble family of Siena, one of the best-known of the physicians of North Italy in the fourteenth century, was chosen physician to Urban VI in 1378.

From The Popes and Science The History of the Papal Relations to Science During the Middle Ages and Down to Our Own Time by Walsh, James J.

This was the famous Francis of Siena, who is known best in history as the intimate friend of Petrarch, and who was physician to Pope Gregory XI. and to his successor, Urban VI.

From The Popes and Science The History of the Papal Relations to Science During the Middle Ages and Down to Our Own Time by Walsh, James J.