Head of the Catholic Church from 1261 to 1264 (1185–1264)
Urban IV was a pope who led the Catholic Church from 1261 until his death in 1264. Though his papacy was relatively brief, he held one of the most powerful religious positions in medieval Europe during a significant period of church history.
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Pope Urban IV (Latin: Urbanus; c. 1195 – 2 October 1264), born James Pantaleon (French: Jacques Pantaléon), was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 29 August 1261 to his death three years later. He was elected pope without being a cardinal; he was the first to be elected in such a way, and this would occur for only 5 more popes afterwards (Gregory X, Celestine V, Clement V, Urban V, and Urban VI).
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