Pope Urban VII
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Gregory XIV | |
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Ordination | 30 March 1553 by Filippo Archinto |
Consecration | 4 April 1553 by Girolamo Verallo |
Created cardinal | 12 December 1583 by Gregory XIII |
Personal details | |
Born | Giovanni Battista Castagna 4 August 1521 |
Died | 27 September 1590 Rome, Papal States | (aged 69)
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Other popes named Urban |
Papal styles of Pope Urban VII | |
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His Holiness | |
Spoken style | Your Holiness |
Religious style | Holy Father |
Posthumous style | None |
Pope Urban VII (
Castagna, born in Rome in 1521, was a highly educated man who held various positions within the Roman Catholic Church. He served as the Archbishop of Rossano, Governor of Fano, Perugia, and Umbria, and participated in the Council of Trent. Later, he was appointed as the Apostolic Nuncio to Spain and Venice and served as the Papal legate to Flanders and Cologne. He was elevated to cardinalate in 1583 by Pope Gregory XIII.
Upon the death of Pope Sixtus V, Castagna was elected as pope on 15 September 1590, taking the name Urban VII. He was known for his charity, public works projects, and strict opposition to nepotism. His papacy was short-lived as he died of malaria on 27 September 1590 after just 12 days in office. Urban VII is remembered for instituting the world's first known public smoking ban, threatening excommunication for those using tobacco in or near a church.
Biography
Giovanni Battista Castagna was born in Rome in 1521 to a noble family as the son of Cosimo Castagna of Genoa and Costanza Ricci Giacobazzi of Rome.[1]
Castagna studied in universities all across Italy and obtained a doctorate in civil law and canon law when he finished his studies at the
He served as the governor of
Papacy
Election
After the death of
He was consequently opposed to the election of any candidate supported by Spain. He persuaded Cardinal
Castagna, a seasoned diplomat of moderation and proven rectitude, was elected as pope on 15 September 1590 and selected the pontifical name of "Urban VII".[3]
Activities
Urban VII's short reign gave rise to the world's first known public smoking ban, as he threatened to excommunicate anyone who "took tobacco in the porchway of or inside a church, whether it be by chewing it, smoking it with a pipe or sniffing it in powdered form through the nose".[4]
Urban VII was known for his charity to the poor. He subsidized Roman
Death
Urban VII died in Rome on 27 September 1590,
See also
References
- ^ a b c One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Ott, Michael (1912). "Pope Urban VII". In Herbermann, Charles (ed.). Catholic Encyclopedia. Vol. 15. New York: Robert Appleton Company.
- ^ Britannica, The Editors of Encyclopaedia. "Urban VII". Encyclopedia Britannica
- ^ a b Pirie, Valérie Pirie. The Triple Crown: An Account of the Papal Conclaves, London. Sidgwick & Jackson, 1935.
- ^ "Public smoking ban: Europe on the move" (PDF). European Society of Cardiology. 2006. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 May 2011.
- ^ "Pope Urban VII". Saints SQPN. 4 April 2012. Retrieved 12 February 2015.
- ^ "Urban VII", The Holy See, vatican.va. Accessed 25 February 2024.
External links
- Media related to Urbanus VII at Wikimedia Commons