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  • 51Urban I. — Hl. Urban, 16. Jh., Pfarrkirche St. Christina, Ravensburg Der heilige Urban († 230) war von 222 bis 230 Papst und Bischof von Rom. Sein Name bedeutet „der Städter“ (lateinisch) und der Liber Pontificalis bescheinigt ihm stadtrömische Herkunft.… …

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  • 52URBAN II —    Pope from 1088 to 1099, warm promoter of the first Crusade; URBAN III., pope from 1185 to 1187; URBAN IV., Pope from 1261 to 1264; URBAN V., Pope from 1362 to 1370, man of an ascetic temper; URBAN VI., Pope from 1378 to 1389, in his reign the… …

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  • 53urban — /err beuhn/, adj. 1. of, pertaining to, or designating a city or town. 2. living in a city. 3. characteristic of or accustomed to cities; citified: He is an urban type. [1610 20; < L urbanus, equiv. to urb (s. of urbs) city + anus AN] * * * (as&#8230; …

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  • 54Urban — aus dem gleich lautenden Rufnamen lateinischen Ursprungs, der auf einen römischen Beinamen (lat. urbanus »zur Stadt [Rom] gehörend; fein, gebildet; weltmännisch; Städter«) zurückgeht, entstandener Familienname. Den Namen Urban(us) trugen mehrere&#8230; …

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  • 55urban — [[t]ɜ͟ː(r)bən[/t]] ♦♦♦ ADJ GRADED: usu ADJ n Urban means belonging to, or relating to, a town or city. Most of the population is an urban population... Most urban areas are close to a park. ...urban planning. Ant: rural …

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  • 56urban — ur|ban W2 [ˈə:bən US ˈə:r ] adj [only before noun] [Date: 1600 1700; : Latin; Origin: urbanus urban, sophisticated , from urbs city ] relating to towns and cities ≠ ↑rural →↑suburban ▪ unemployment in urban areas ▪ the deprived sections of the&#8230; …

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  • 57urban — [17] Urban comes from Latin urbānus, a derivative of urbs ‘city’ (a word of unknown origin). It was preceded into English by urbane [16], which is essentially the same word, but came via Old French urbaine. It was originally used as urban is now …

    The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

  • 58Urban II — (c. 1042–99)    Pope.    Urban was born Odo in Lagery, France. He was a student of bruno at the school of Rheims and he then entered the monastery of Cluny. He was appointed Cardinal Bishop of Ostia in 1080; as papal legate, he was responsible&#8230; …

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  • 59Urban V — (1309–70)    Pope.    Urban was born Guillaume de Grimoard in Languedoc, France. He joined the Benedictine Order, was appointed Abbot of St Germain d’Auxerre in 1352 and Abbot of St Victor in 1361. The following year he was elected Pope. The&#8230; …

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  • 60Urban VI — (1318–89)    Pope.    Urban was born Bartolommeo Prignano. He became Archbishop of Acerenza in 1363, Archbishop of Bari in 1377 and he was elected Pope in 1378, on the death of Pope Gregory xi. The French members of the conclave felt they had&#8230; …

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