Pope Urban V Enters Rome

Date: October 16, 1367 • Location: Rome, Italy

Pope Urban V enters Rome, the first pope to do so in more than fifty years since the beginning of the Avignon Papacy.

Pope Urban V was head of the Catholic Church from 28 September 1362 until his death on 19 December 1370. He was a member of the Order of Saint Benedict and the only Avignon pope to be beatified.