Urban vi
(bartolomeo prignano) c1318–89, italian ecclesiastic: pope 1378–89.
historical examples
in the year 1378, a contest arose between two popes, urban vi.
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in the fourteenth century the number of cardinals was fixed by urban vi.
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when, in consequence of a division among the cardinals, two rival popes were elected, urban vi.
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urban vi was as blind to cautious temporal as to cautious ecclesiastical policy.
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the great schism, which was to endure fifty years, broke out soon after the election of his successor, urban vi.
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in 1378 a battle took place here between the partisans of urban vi.
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noun
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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