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200th Roman Pontiff
Bl. Urban V
VRBANVS Quintus
Guillaume de Grimoard, O.S.B.
199th Successor of St Peter · 1362–1370 · France · b. Grizac, Languedoc, Kingdom of France
1362
Elected
1370
Reign ended
8 years
Length
14th
Century
The Life
Subject of the Kingdom of France. Pope at Avignon. Member of the Order of Saint Benedict. Reformed areas of education and sent missionary movements across Europe and Asia. His pontificate witnessed the Alexandrian and Savoyard crusades.
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