Urban VII (Giovanni Battista Castagna), pope for twelve days in September 1590, was of Genoese origin, and was born in Rome in 1521. He was chosen successor of Sixtus V on September 15 1590, but died (September 27) before consecration. He was succeeded by Gregory XIV
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... in St Petersburg to Moscow to mediate the marital discord of her brother Stepan (Stiva) Oblonsky and his wife Darya (Dolly) caused by the former's unfaithfulness. In ...