Urban VI | |
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| 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 |
| Died | 15 October 1389 (aged 70–71) Rome, Papal States |
| Coat of arms |  |
| Other popes named Urban | |
| Papal styles of Pope Urban VI | |
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| 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 a part of the Western Schism, with much of Europe, such as France, the Iberian Kingdoms of Castile and Aragon, and Scotland recognizing Clement VII, based in Avignon, as the true pope.