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Pope Urban VII (
August 4,
1521 –
September 27,
1590), born
Giovanni Battista Castagna, was
Pope for thirteen days in September
1590. He was of
Genoese origin, although born in
Rome. He was chosen successor of
Pope Sixtus V (1585–90) on
September 15, 1590, but died of
malaria (
September 27, 1590) before consecration, making his either the
shortest or second shortest papal reign in history, depending on whether
Pope-elect Stephen is considered a real Pope (he hasn't been so considered by the Catholic Church since 1961).
He had previously served as governor of
Bologna and as
archbishop of Rossano, and was for many years
nuncio to
Spain; his election to the papacy was largely backed by the Spanish faction.
Urban VII's short passage in office gave rise to the world's first known public
smoking ban, as he threatened to excommunicate anyone who "took tobacco in the porchway of or inside a church, whether it be by chewing it, smoking it with a pipe or sniffing it in powdered form through the nose".
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