ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN OCTOBER Saints celebrated on the 15th of October WELCOME! URBAN VI., POPE ⬅️ Saintly Popes - Index Bartolomeo Prignano, the first Roman pope during the Western Schism, was born at Naples, about 1318; he died at Rome, October 15, 1389; according to many he was poisoned by the Romans. At an early age he went to Avignon, where he gained many powerful friends. On March 21, 1364, he was consecrated Archbishop of Acerenza in the Kingdom of Naples, and on April 14, 1377, Gregory XI transferred him to the archiepiscopal See of Bari, on the coast of the Adriatic. Meanwhile the Cardinal Vice-Chancellor, Peter of Pampelon, remaining at Avignon, Prignano was given the management of the papal chancery. After the death of Gregory XI the Conclave proposed him as a candidate for the tiara. Not only his business ability, integrity, and knowledge of law, but also his being a subject of Queen Joanna of Naples favoured his eligibility. The Con...