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27th September 1570
Pope Urban VII died in of malaria in Rome.
Born Giovanni Battista Castagna, his was the shortest Papal rule at just twelve days. He was buried in the Vatican.

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4th August 1521
Giovanni Battista Castagna was born in Rome to Cosimo Castagna & his wife, Costanza Ricci Giacobazzi.

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