Pope Urban VII

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Pope Urban VII was a 16th-century head of the Catholic Church whose extremely short papacy in 1590 is often noted as the briefest in history.

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Pope Urban VII canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Catholic priest
Pope
human
appointedCardinalBy Pope Gregory XIII NERFINISHED
birthDate 1521-08-04
birthName Giovanni Battista Castagna NERFINISHED
birthPlace Papal States NERFINISHED
Rome
burialPlace St. Peter's Basilica NERFINISHED
causeOfDeath malaria
countryOfCitizenship Papal States
deathDate 1590-09-27
deathPlace Papal States
Rome
educatedAt University of Bologna NERFINISHED
University of Perugia NERFINISHED
endTime 1590-09-27
era 16th century
familyName Castagna NERFINISHED
givenName Giovanni Battista NERFINISHED
honorificPrefix His Holiness
honorificTitle Bishop of Rome
Supreme Pontiff NERFINISHED
knownFor issuing an early ban on smoking in churches
languageSpoken Italian
Latin
memberOf College of Cardinals
nationality Italian
notableFor shortest papacy in history
occupation clergyman
diplomat
papacyDuration 13 days
papalName Urban VII NERFINISHED
papalNumber 228th Pope
parentOrganization Holy See NERFINISHED
positionHeld Apostolic Nuncio to Spain NERFINISHED
Archbishop of Rossano NERFINISHED
Bishop
Cardinal
Cardinal-Priest of San Marcello NERFINISHED
Pope
predecessor Pope Sixtus V NERFINISHED
religion Roman Catholicism
surface form: Catholic Church
residence Apostolic Palace NERFINISHED
startTime 1590-09-15
successor Pope Gregory XIV NERFINISHED

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