Saint Urban I

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Died:: 230, Rome [Italy]

Title / Office:: pope (222-230)

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Saint Urban I (born, Rome?—died 230, Rome [Italy]; feast day May 25) was the pope from 222 to 230. Succeeding that of St. Calixtus I, his pontificate occurred within the reign of the Roman emperor Severus Alexander, a time of peace for the church. His baptism of St. Cecilia’s husband, St. Valerian, is fictitious. He was buried in the cemetery of St. Calixtus, Rome.

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