Styles of Pope Urban I |
 | | Reference style | His Holiness | | Spoken style | Your Holiness | | Religious style | Holy Father | | Posthumous style | Saint | Pope Urban, pope (222-230), Born in Rome, Italy, came to the see of Rome in the year that Roman Emperor Elagabalus was assassinated and served during the reign of Emperor Alexander Severus. He had been preceded by Callixtus I and was followed by Pontian. Image File history File links Size of this preview: 283 Ã 598 pixel Image in higher resolution (1314 Ã 2778 pixel, file size: 697 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Pope Urban I...
Events Pope Urban I succeeds Pope Callixtus I Roman Emperor Alexander Severus succeeds Heliogabalus Kingdom of Wu is established in China Sun Quan defeats Liu Bei at the Battle of Yi Ling Deaths March 11 - Roman Emperor Heliogabalus murdered Tertullian, theologian Pope Callixtus I Claudius Aelianus, teacher and rhetorician Ma...
Events Pope Pontian succeeds Pope Urban I Patriarch Castinus succeeds Patriarch Ciriacus I as Patriarch of Constantinople Births Deaths Categories: 230 ...
Callixtus I (also Callistus I) was pope from about 217 to 222, during the reigns of the Roman Emperors Elagabalus and Alexander Severus. ...
Pontian (or Pontianus), was pope from July 21, 230 to September 28, 235. ...
Nickname: The Eternal City Motto: SPQR: Senatus PopulusQue Romanus Location of the city of Rome (yellow) within the Province of Rome (red) and region of Lazio (grey) Coordinates: Region Lazio Province Province of Rome Founded 21 April 753 BC - Mayor Walter Veltroni Area - City 1285 km² (580 sq mi) - Urban...
Events Pope Pontian succeeds Pope Urban I Patriarch Castinus succeeds Patriarch Ciriacus I as Patriarch of Constantinople Births Deaths Categories: 230 ...
Pope Urban may refer to one of several people: Pope Urban I, 222/223 to 230 - a Saint Pope Urban II, 12 March 1088 to 29 July 1099 - the Blessed Pope Urban Pope Urban III, 25 November 1185 to 19 October 1187 Pope Urban IV, 29 August 1261 to 2...
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A style of office, or honorific, is a form of address which by tradition or law precedes a reference to a person who holds a title or post, or to the political office itself. ...
In traditional Christian iconography, Saints are usually depicted as having halos. ...
The current Pope is Benedict XVI (born Joseph Alois Ratzinger), who was elected at the age of 78 on 19 April 2005. ...
Events Pope Urban I succeeds Pope Callixtus I Roman Emperor Alexander Severus succeeds Heliogabalus Kingdom of Wu is established in China Sun Quan defeats Liu Bei at the Battle of Yi Ling Deaths March 11 - Roman Emperor Heliogabalus murdered Tertullian, theologian Pope Callixtus I Claudius Aelianus, teacher and rhetorician Ma...
Events Pope Pontian succeeds Pope Urban I Patriarch Castinus succeeds Patriarch Ciriacus I as Patriarch of Constantinople Births Deaths Categories: 230 ...
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A bust depicting Elagabalus. ...
Alexander Severus Marcus Aurelius Severus Alexandrus (October 1, 208- March 18?, 235), commonly called Alexander Severus, Roman emperor from 222 to 235, was born at Arca Caesarea in Palestine. ...
Callixtus I (also Callistus I) was pope from about 217 to 222, during the reigns of the Roman Emperors Elagabalus and Alexander Severus. ...
Pontian (or Pontianus), was pope from July 21, 230 to September 28, 235. ...
He is mentioned by Eusebius in his history and is named in an inscription in the Coemeterium Callisti, but of his life nothing is known. The Catholic Church's Breviary (25 May) speaks of his numerous converts, among whom were Valerianus, husband of Saint Cecilia, and his brother Tiburtius, and states that he suffered martyrdom and was buried in the Coemetarium Praetextati. Although he died on May 23, he was buried on May 25, which is celebrated as his feast day. Eusebius of Caesarea Eusebius of Caesarea (c. ...
May 25 is the 145th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (146th in leap years). ...
Saint Cecilia Saint Cecilia in the Catholic Church the patron saint of music and of the blind. ...
May 25 is the 145th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (146th in leap years). ...
Urban I is the first pope whose reign can be definitely dated.[1]
Attributes
Urban is portrayed in art after his beheading, with the papal tiara near him. Otherwise, he may be depicted - as idols fall from a column while he is beheaded;
- scourged at the stake;
- seated in a landscape as a young man (Saint Valerian) kneels before him and a priest holds a book; or
- sometimes as a pope with a bunch of grapes
Patronage He is invoked against storm and lightning.
Notes - ^ Kung, Hans. The Catholic Church: A Short History. New York; The Modern Library, 2003, p. 41
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