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Detail of A Stained Glass Window of Pope Blessed Urban V In The Church of Saint Martin of Florac Date And Artist Unknown Photographed On 6 January 2009 By Vassil
Detail of A Stained Glass Window of Pope Blessed Urban V In The Church of Saint Martin of Florac Date And Artist Unknown Photographed On 6 January 2009 By Vassil

Pope Blessed Urban V

Also known as: Guillaume de Grimoard; Urbanus V

Saint
Post-Congregation

Feast Day

December 19

Died

December 19, 1370

Beatified

Cause opened by Pope Gregory XI, and many miracles were documented through Urban’s intervention, but the process…

Biography

Pope Blessed Urban V, also known as Guillaume de Grimoard or Urbanus V, was born in 1310 in Grizac Castle, in the region of Languedoc, France. He hailed from a noble family, being one of four children of Guillaume de Grimoard, Lord of Bellegarde, and Amphélise de Montferrand. Urban's brother later became a cardinal and papal legate. In 1327, Urban entered the Benedictine monastery at the priory of Chirac in France....