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Events on Thursday 27 September 1590 2
1521 – 1590Pope Urban VII (1521-1590)Died 27 September 1590, aged 69Giovanni Battista Castagna served as a Vatican diplomat before his election as pope on 15 September 1590. He died of malaria just twelve days later, on 27 September, giving him the shortest papal reign on record. He was never crowned or formally installed.
1590Pope Urban VII elected and dies within daysShortest papal reign in historyGiovanni Battista Castagna was elected pope on 15 September 1590 but died twelve days later on 27 September, before his coronation could take place. His reign remains the shortest in the history of the papacy. The brief vacancy triggered another contested conclave later in the year.