TWT #270 –

On September 27th, 1590, Pope Urban VII passed away from malaria only 12 days after being elected Pope.

In an unfortunate series of events, the previous Pope had also died of malaria just a month earlier. And the next Pope, Gregory XIV only held the office for about 10 months before HE died from a large gallstone.

Seems like a nice enough guy

But at least Pope Urban got one thing accomplished during his short tenure: banning tobacco from being used inside churches.

Well done, Urban. Well done.

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