RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Pope Urban VI

1318 - 1389

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Pope Urban VI (Latin: Urbanus VI; Italian: Urbano VI; c. 1318 – 15 October 1389), born Bartolomeo Prignano (Italian pronunciation: [bartoloˈmɛːo priɲˈɲaːno]), was head of the Catholic Church from 8 April 1378 to his death, in October 1389. He was the most recent pope to be elected from outside the College of Cardinals. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Pope Urban VI has received more than 411,107 page views. His biography is available in 70 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 68 in 2019). Pope Urban VI is the 236th most popular religious figure (down from 215th in 2019), the 227th most popular biography from France (down from 224th in 2019) and the 18th most popular French Religious Figure.

Pope Urban VI was most famous for being the first pope to be elected in a conclave.

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  • 72.94

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 70

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 12.36

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.02

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Pope Urban VI ranks 236 out of 3,187Before him are Pope Lucius II, John of the Cross, Pope Adeodatus I, Pope Celestine V, Pope John XVIII, and Pope Marcellus I. After him are Pope Joan, Pope Honorius II, Nathan, Ali ibn Husayn Zayn al-Abidin, Abdullah ibn Abd al-Muttalib, and Pope Lucius III.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1318, Pope Urban VI ranks 1After him are Margaret, Countess of Tyrol, Yusuf I of Granada, Robert, Prince of Taranto, Albert II, Duke of Mecklenburg, Eleanor of Woodstock, and Bogislaw V, Duke of Pomerania. Among people deceased in 1389, Pope Urban VI ranks 3Before him are Murad I, and Hafez. After him are Miloš Obilić, Dmitry Donskoy, Lazar of Serbia, U of Goryeo, Gülçiçek Hatun, William I, Duke of Bavaria, Chang of Goryeo, Hayam Wuruk, and Albert IV, Duke of Mecklenburg.

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In France

Among people born in France, Pope Urban VI ranks 227 out of 6,770Before him are Hortense de Beauharnais (1783), Frédéric Joliot-Curie (1900), Gustave Doré (1832), Léon Foucault (1819), Bernard Arnault (1949), and François Boucher (1703). After him are Philip V of France (1293), Christian Dior (1905), Antoine Meillet (1866), John II of France (1319), Alfred Sisley (1839), and Henri de Saint-Simon (1760).

Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In France

Among religious figures born in France, Pope Urban VI ranks 18Before him are Saint Roch (1295), Pope Benedict XII (1280), Pope Gregory XI (1370), Pope Clement IV (1190), Pope Urban IV (1185), and Pope Innocent VI (1282). After him are Pope Callixtus II (1065), Pope Innocent V (1225), Vincent de Paul (1581), Francis de Sales (1567), Jacques de Molay (1243), and Pope Nicholas II (990).