Pope Urban V

Pope Blessed Urban V
Bishop of Rome
Portrait by Simone dei Crocifissi, c. 1375
Church	Catholic Church
Papacy began	28 September 1362
Papacy ended	19 December 1370
Predecessor	Innocent VI
Successor	Gregory XI
Previous post(s)	Abbot of the Abbey of Saint Victor (1361–1362) Abbot Ordinary of Monte Cassino (1366–1369) Administrator of Avignon (1366–1367)
Orders
Ordination	1334
Consecration	6 November 1362 by Andouin Aubert
Personal details
Born	Guillaume de Grimoard 1310 Grizac, Languedoc, Kingdom of France
Died	19 December 1370(1370-12-19) (aged 59–60) Avignon, Papal States
Coat of arms
Sainthood
Feast day	19 December
Venerated in	Catholic Church
Title as Saint	Blessed
Beatified	10 March 1870 by Pius IX
Attributes	Papal vestments Papal tiara
Patronage	Architects Educators Benedictines Missionaries
Other popes named Urban

Papal styles of Pope Urban V
Reference style	His Holiness
Spoken style	Your Holiness
Religious style	Holy Father
Posthumous style	None

Pope Urban V (Latin: Urbanus V; 1310 – 19 December 1370), born Guillaume de Grimoard,^[1] was the head of the Catholic Church from 28 September 1362 until his death, in December 1370 and was also a member of the Order of Saint Benedict. He was the only Avignon pope to be beatified.

Even after his election as pontiff, he continued to follow the Benedictine Rule, living simply and modestly. His habits did not always gain him supporters who were used to lives of affluence.

Urban V pressed for reform throughout his pontificate and also oversaw the restoration and construction of churches and monasteries. One of the goals he set himself upon his election to the Papacy was the reunion of the Eastern and Western Churches.^[2] He came as close as some of his predecessors and successors, but did not succeed.