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RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Pope Urban IV

1185 - 1264

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Pope Urban IV (Latin: Urbanus IV; c. 1195 – 2 October 1264), born Jacques Pantaléon, was the head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 29 August 1261 to his death. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Pope Urban IV has received more than 274,741 page views. His biography is available in 67 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 65 in 2019). Pope Urban IV is the 272nd most popular religious figure (down from 240th in 2019), the 280th most popular biography from France (down from 265th in 2019) and the 21st most popular French Religious Figure.

Pope Urban IV is most famous for initiating the first crusade, which was a military expedition to recapture Jerusalem and other places in the Holy Land.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Pope Urban IV ranks 272 out of 2,238Before him are Pope Paschal I, Philip Melanchthon, Pope Benedict IX, Pope John XIX, Zacchaeus, and Pope Gregory IV. After him are Sathya Sai Baba, Pope Sixtus I, Saint Pantaleon, Pope Celestine I, Pope Gelasius II, and Habakkuk.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1185, Pope Urban IV ranks 2Before him is Ögedei Khan. After him are Shams Tabrizi, Töregene Khatun, Afonso II of Portugal, William III of Sicily, Thomas of Celano, Gertrude of Merania, Angelus of Jerusalem, Michael of Chernigov, Hyacinth of Poland, and Inge II of Norway. Among people deceased in 1264, Pope Urban IV ranks 1After him are Daniel of Galicia, Vincent of Beauvais, Emperor Lizong, Treniota, Rostislav Mikhailovich, Andrey II of Vladimir, and Gonzalo de Berceo.

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In France

Among people born in France, Pope Urban IV ranks 280 out of 6,011Before him are Jean Gabin (1904), Françoise-Athénaïs de Rochechouart, Marquise de Montespan (1640), Gabriel Fauré (1845), Henry I of France (1008), Simone Weil (1909), and Germaine de Staël (1766). After him are Louis Antoine de Saint-Just (1767), Anne of Brittany (1477), Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun (1755), Claude Lorrain (1600), Henri Moissan (1852), and Louis, Grand Dauphin (1661).

Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In France

Among religious figures born in France, Pope Urban IV ranks 21Before him are Pope Benedict XII (1280), Francis de Sales (1567), Pope Urban VI (1318), Pope Clement IV (1190), Vincent de Paul (1581), and Pope Callixtus II (1065). After him are Pope Martin IV (1220), Pope Innocent V (1225), Genevieve (423), Hugues de Payens (1074), Margaret Mary Alacoque (1647), and Suger (1080).