Pope Urban VI

Pope Urban VI
Bishop of Rome
Effigy of Urban VI contained in his funerary monument
Church	Catholic Church
Papacy began	8 April 1378
Papacy ended	15 October 1389
Predecessor	Gregory XI
Successor	Boniface IX
Opposed to	Avignon claimant: Clement VII
Orders
Consecration	21 March 1364
Personal details
Born	Bartolomeo Prignano c. 1318 Itri, Kingdom of Naples
Died	15 October 1389(1389-10-15) (aged 70–71) Rome, Papal States
Coat of arms
Other popes named Urban

Papal styles of Pope Urban VI
Reference style	His Holiness
Spoken style	Your Holiness
Religious style	Holy Father
Posthumous style	None

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. His pontificate began shortly after the end of the Avignon Papacy. It was marked by immense conflict between rival factions as part of the Western Schism, with much of Europe recognizing Clement VII, based in Avignon, as the true pope.