15 October 1389 A.D. Urban VI (Bartolomeo Prignano) Dies—Rome’s 202nd; Opposed by Robert of Geneva ("Clement VII"), antipope (1378-1394); Western Schism; Allegedly Poisoned by Romans
15 October 1389 A.D. Urban VI (Bartolomeo Prignano) Dies—Rome’s 202 nd ; Opposed by Robert of Geneva ("Clement VII") , antipope (1378-1394) ; Western Schism; Allegedly Poisoned by Romans Mulder, William. "Pope Urban VI." The Catholic Encyclopedia. Vol. 15. New York: Robert Appleton Company, 1912. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15216a.htm . Accessed 20 Sept 2014. Pope Urban VI Bartolomeo Prignano, the first Roman pope during the Western Schism , born at Naples , about 1318; died at Rome , 15 October, 1389; according to many he was poisoned by the Romans. At an early age he went to Avignon , where he gained many powerful friends. On 21 March, 1364, he was consecrated Archbishop of Acerenza in the Kingdom of Naples , and on 14 April, 1377, Gregory XI transferred him to the archiepiscopal ...