Pope Urban V was born with the given name of Guillaume de Grimoard in the year 1310 A.D., and died in 1370 A.D. He began his reign as Pope in the year 1362 A.D. and ended his reign in the year 1370 A.D., during the Late Middle Ages. Urban V was from France, and his papal number is: 200 out of 267 officially recognized Roman Catholic Popes.
Summary: Blessed pope who briefly returned the papacy to Rome.
Biography:Blessed Urban V was a Benedictine and a man of personal holiness who sought to renew papal life and restore closer contact with Rome. In a notable act of resolve, he returned the papacy from Avignon to Rome for a time.
Although circumstances forced a later return to Avignon, his effort foreshadowed the definitive restoration that would come under Gregory XI. He also promoted learning, missionary work, and ecclesiastical reform.
Urban V’s legacy lies in sanctity, renewal, and his serious attempt to reunite the papacy with its Roman home.
