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Urban V
Papacy began	September 28, 1362
Papacy ended	December 19, 1370
Predecessor	Pope Innocent VI
Successor	Pope Gregory XI
Personal details
Birth name	Guillaume Grimoard
Born	1310 Grizac
Died	(1370-12-19)December 19, 1370 Avignon
Other popes named Urban

Pope Urban V (Latin: Urbanus Quintus; 1310 – December 19, 1370), born Guillaume Grimoard, was a French cleric of the Roman Catholic Church and the 201st Pope from 1362 until his death in 1370.^[1]

He was the sixth of the seven popes who lived in Avignon in France.

Grimoard was born in Grizac in the Languedoc region of France.^[2]

He became a Benedictine monk; and he was ordained at Chirac.

Grimoard became the abbot of Saint-Victor in Marseille.^[3]

He was not a cardinal. There were several Popes who were not Cardinals. Some of these were Pope Urban IV and Pope Urban VI.

Grimoard was elected pope on September 28, 1362; and he chose to be called Pope Urban.

Pope Urban was involved in Italian and European political disputes.^[2]

In 1367, the pope traveled from Avignon to Rome. He returned to Avignon in where he died in 1370.^[3]

In 1870, Urban V was beatified by Pope Pius IX.

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Media related to Urbanus V at Wikimedia Commons

•  "Pope Bl. Urban V" . Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company. 1913.
• Catholic Hierarchy, Pope Urban V
• GCatholic, Pope Urban V