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Election of Urban VI as Pope

Type Event Region Europe Time 1378

On 8 April 1378 the cardinals in Rome's Vatican elected Bartolomeo Prignano, Archbishop of Bari, as pope with the name Urban VI, under pressure from …

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  1. 1378Rome · LazioPope Gregory XI died in Rome, completing the final stage of the papacy's return from Avignon (1309–1377). The Roman populace and some Italian cardinals strongly demanded the election of an Italian pope, and the cardinals held a conclave in the Vatican.
  2. 1378Vatican · RomeAfter several days of deliberation, the cardinals elected Bartolomeo Prignano, a Neapolitan by birth and Archbishop of Bari, taking the name Urban VI. He was the first Italian pope since Urban V and marked the restoration of the papacy's permanent residence in Rome.

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