Pope Urban I
3rd‑century Roman bishop of Rome, Catholic saint, pope during the reign of Alexander Severus
- Fame61.7
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- Fame61.7
- Momentum1.1
- Religious Figures rank#64
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Led the early Church through eight years of relative peace in third-century Rome, then spent centuries mistaken for a martyr he wasn't.
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Born in Rome around 175, Urban rose to bishop in 222 after his predecessor Callixtus I was killed. He guided the Christian community until his death on 23 May 230. For generations, the story went that he too had been martyred — a tidy end for a pope in an age of persecution. Recent historical work corrects the record: he died of natural causes, one of the few early bishops to do so.
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