on 7 july 1385, urban managed to escape. during his flight the horse of the bishop of aquila went lame, and the pope ordered the bishop to be killed. his intended refuge, the papal city of benevento, refused to receive him. he broke his way in, extracted money from the inhabitants, and made arrangements with the captains of the genoese galleys who were standing off naples to take his party on board and convey them to genoa. a rendezvous had to take place on the eastern coast of southern italy, since the western coast was in the hands of charles of durazzo. when they arrived at barletta, they found that it too had joined charles. it was only off the beach near trani that the papal party was taken aboard ten genoese galleys and transported to genoa. on 23 september 1385 the galleys arrived in genoa. urban took up residence in the hospital of saint john, which he did not leave during his entire stay in the city. the five cardinals whom he held under arrest were with him. he had several members of his curia arrested and tortured because he suspected that they were trying to liberate the cardinals.