Urban VI

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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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Urban VI

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

From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2020

Death of Pope Urban VI; Boniface succeeds; the schism continues.

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

A simple Italian monk was accordingly selected, Urban VI, who it was supposed would agree to the wishes of the cardinals.

From An Introduction to the History of Western Europe by Robinson, James Harvey

De Manny and Bishop Northburgh thus share between them the credit of the foundation, although the allusion in the Papal Bull of Urban VI.,

From Memorials of Old London Volume I by Ditchfield, P. H. (Peter Hampson)

When in 1378 Gregory XI died, and an Italian, Urban VI, was elected, these dissentient cardinals declared the election invalid, and elected another Pope, the anti-Pope, Clement VII.

From A Short History of the World by Wells, H. G. (Herbert George)