What is Pope Urban I?
'''Pope Urban I''' (222{{ndash}}230 C.E.) was the seventeenth [[Pope]], the official title is the [[Bishop of Rome]] of the [[Catholic Church]].<ref>Catholic Encyclopedia, (NY:Robert Appleton Company) ''[http://www.catholic.org/encyclopedia/view.php?id=11827]</ref> His reign was a peaceful one and there not much known about it. He served as head of the Catholic church during the imperial reign of [[Alexander Severus]]. He is buried in the cemetary at Callistus on the Appian Way. He is considered a [[saint]] of the Catholic Church and his feast day is celebrated on May 25.<ref>Richard P. McBrien, ''Lives of the Popes: The Pontiffs from St. Peter to John Paul II'', (San Francisco:Harper San Francisco, 1997), pp. 44-45</ref> == References == {{Reflist}} {{Popes}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Urban 01}} [[Category:Popes]] [[Category:230 deaths]]