death_date consecration article_title created_cardinal_by coat_of_arms birth_date term_end death_place image_size term_start image other name cardinal consecrated_by predecessor birth_place type ordained_by previous_post successor ordination birth_name
27 september 1590 4 april 1553 pope urban vii
 pope gregory xiii c o a urbano vii.svg 4 august 1521 27 september 1590 rome , papal states 225px 15 september 1590 urban vii.jpg urban urban vii 12 december 1583 girolamo verallo sixtus v rome , papal states pope filippo archinto archbishop -lrb- 1555-1559 -rrb- governor of perugia and umbria -lrb- 1559-1560 of -rrb- apostolic nuncio to spain -lrb- 1565-1572 -rrb- apostolic nuncio rossano to venice -lrb- 1573-1577 -rrb- governor of bologna -lrb- 1576-1577 -lrb- -rrb- papal legate to flanders and cologne -lrb- 1578-1580 -rrb- 1553 cardinal-priest of s. marcello -lrb- 1584-1590 -rrb- -rrb- governor of fano gregory xiv 30 march 1553 giovanni battista castagna
pope urban vii

pope urban vii -lrb- ; 4 august 1521 -- 27 september 1590 -rrb- , born giovanni battista castagna , was pope from 15 to 27 september 1590 .
his twelve-day papacy was the shortest in history .
