ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN SEPTEMBER Saints celebrated on the 27th of September URBAN VII., POPE ⬅️ Saintly Popes - Index Giambattista Castagna was born at Rome, August 4, 1521; he was elected pope, September 15, 1590; he died at Rome, September 27, 1590. His father, Cosimo, was a Genoese nobleman; his mother, Costanza Ricci, was a Roman and sister of Cardinal Jacovazzi. He studied civil and canon law at various universities of Italy and graduated as doctor of both laws at Bologna. Soon after he became auditor of his uncle, Cardinal Girolamo Verallo, whom he accompanied as datary on a papal legation to France. On his return to Italy, Julius III made him referendary of the Segnatura di Giustizia and on March 1, 1553, appointed him Archbishop of Rossano. He was ordained priest March 30, and consecrated bishop by Cardinal Verallo, April 4. Julius III sent him as governor to Fano in 1555, and under Paul IV he was for a short time Governor of Perugia and Umbria. During...