Pope Urban IV

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Champagne, Kingdom of France
Died2 October 1264(1264-10-02) (aged 68–69)
Perugia, Papal States
Previous post(s)
  • Bishop of Verdun
    (1253–1255)
  • Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem
    (1255–1261)
Coat of armsUrban IV's coat of arms
Other popes named Urban
Ordination history of
Pope Urban IV
Episcopal succession
Bishops consecrated by Pope Urban IV as principal consecrator
O.S.B.
22 February 1264
Benvenuto Scotivoli?? ???? 1264

Pope Urban IV (

Urban VI
).

Early career

Pantaléon was the son of a cobbler of

Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem.[1]

Pantaléon returned from Jerusalem, which was in dire straits,

papal election
on 29 August 1261. He chose the regnal name of Urban IV.

Pontificate

A month before Urban's election, the

Georgius Pachymeres reports that Urban flayed one of Michael's envoys alive.[3]

Urban initiated the construction of the

Basilica of St. Urbain, Troyes, in 1262.[4]

Saint Thomas Aquinas Submitting His Office of Corpus Domini to Pope Urban IV by Taddeo di Bartolo
(1403)

He instituted the festival of

Corpus Christi ("the Body of Christ") on 11 August 1264, with the publication of the papal bull Transiturus.[5][6] Urban asked Thomas Aquinas, the Dominican theologian, to write the texts for the Mass and Office of the feast.[7]
This included such famous hymns as the Pange lingua, Tantum ergo, and Panis angelicus.

Urban became involved in the affairs of

dispensation
to alter the terms of the Danish succession to allow women to inherit the Danish throne. However, the main reasons of the conflict remained unsolved by Urban's death, with the case continuing at the papal court in Rome. The exiled Archbishop Erlandsen come personally to Italy seeking a solution.

However, the convoluted affairs of Denmark were a minor concern to the Pope. His attention was focussed on Italian affairs. During the previous pontificate, the long confrontation between the pope and the late

Manfred
was absorbed in these confrontations.

Urban's military captain was the

Count of Provence
due to marriage and was very powerful.

Urban negotiated with Manfred over two years to seek his support to regain Constantinople in exchange for the papal recognition of his Kingdom. At the same time, the pope promised ships and men to Charles through a crusading

King of the Germans
.

Urban IV died in Perugia on 2 October 1264, before Charles' arrival in Italy. His successor, Pope Clement IV, provided continuity to his agreements.

Legend of Tannhäuser

Tannhäuser, a prominent German Minnesänger and poet, was a contemporary of Urban. Two centuries after the respective deaths, Pope Urban IV became a major character in a legend about the Minnesänger, which was first attested to exist in 1430 and became established in ballads from 1450.[8]

According to this account, Tannhäuser was a knight and poet who discovered

Venus, and spent a year there worshipping the goddess. After leaving Venusberg, Tannhäuser was filled with remorse and traveled to Rome seeking Pope Urban IV's absolution of his sins. Urban replied that forgiving him would be as impossible as the papal staff growing leaves. Three days after Tannhäuser's departure, Urban's staff began growing leaves. The pope sent messengers seeking the knight, but he had already returned to Venusberg, never to be seen again. [9]

See also

Notes

  1. ^
    ISBN 978-0521437745
    .
  2. ^ Norwich 1995, pp. 218, 219
  3. ^ Norwich 1995, pp. 217–218
  4. ^ "Basilique Saint-Urbain de Troyes – Sites Religieux". Visiter la Champagne (in French). Archived from the original on 22 December 2015. Retrieved 15 December 2015.
  5. ISBN 978-0813208527
    .
  6. ^ "Transiturus de Mundo" (in Latin). Retrieved 24 December 2019.
  7. ISBN 978-0813208527
    .
  8. ISBN 978-0271076386
    .
  9. ISBN 978-0415941518
    . Retrieved 6 September 2012.

References

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Catholic Church titles
Preceded by
Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem

1255–1261 		Succeeded by
William II of Agen
Preceded by
Pope

1261–1264 		Succeeded by
Clement IV
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