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Urban IV (0000–1264)| French-born pope 1261–64, successor to Alexander IV. His term of office marked the beginning of French influence in the curia, which led in the following century to the Great Schism and the installation of antipopes at Avignon for 40 years. |
| Urban IV was appointed patriarch of Jerusalem in 1255, and succeeded to the papacy while on a visit to Rome. In the year of his death, he instituted the feast of Corpus Christi. |
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