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| | Pope Urban VI |
 | | A devout monk and learned casuist, he became archbishop of Bari in 1377, and, on the death of Gregory XI, the Roman populace clamorously demanding an Italian pope, was unanimously chosen (April 8, 1378) by the French cardinals. |
 | | The arrogant and imperious temper of the new pope, intoxicated by his unexpected fortune, showed itself in ways so intolerable that five months afterwards the majority of the cardinals met at Fondi, and, repudiating their previous action, proceeded to elect Robert of Geneva (September 20), who assumed the title of Clement VII. |
 | | The castle of St Angelo was besieged and taken, and the antipope Clement VII put to flight, while Charles of Durazzo was invested in the sovereignty of Naples, forfeited by Queen Joanna. |
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