tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-345254913878149620.post4201477453100266438..comments2023-11-02T01:21:52.355-07:00Comments on TheArtofNotGettingPublished: U IS FOR POPE URBAN VIIAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05736019203704382525noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-345254913878149620.post-75724610611581712382015-04-25T10:53:30.669-07:002015-04-25T10:53:30.669-07:00Thanks for understanding! But I'm not sure th...Thanks for understanding! But I'm not sure that even then, anyone knew how he got malaria. There was an awful lot people didn't know about the spread of diseases.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05736019203704382525noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-345254913878149620.post-61116846100886715022015-04-25T05:22:06.309-07:002015-04-25T05:22:06.309-07:00Thank-you....yellow roses are my favorites!Thank-you....yellow roses are my favorites!Sue McPeakhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04927975578544675345noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-345254913878149620.post-15539314252363627912015-04-25T05:18:48.121-07:002015-04-25T05:18:48.121-07:00Wow...high school Latin! A week in Latin class wo...Wow...high school Latin! A week in Latin class would be enough research and learning to last me a lifetime. I doubt I'd gotten to the 'u's'...so I'm duly impressed you know off the top of your head the origin of urban. No worries on how he contracted malaria....there are some things that the world does not need to know....privacy...ya know.Sue McPeakhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04927975578544675345noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-345254913878149620.post-75459484789269205532015-04-25T05:17:01.951-07:002015-04-25T05:17:01.951-07:00Sue - I just checked out your blog and saw that yo...Sue - I just checked out your blog and saw that you reposted my Johannes Trithemius post! How extremely kind of you! Thanks SO much! You're my new Yellow Rose of Texas!!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05736019203704382525noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-345254913878149620.post-51267253882829359662015-04-25T05:12:10.742-07:002015-04-25T05:12:10.742-07:00Sue, I remember from high-school Latin that "...Sue, I remember from high-school Latin that "urbs" is the word for city. I don't know why popes took "Urban" as their name, though. Nor do I know how he contracted malaria. There are definite limits to how much research I can do on 26 people in 30 days!! Good questions, though!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05736019203704382525noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-345254913878149620.post-15837808587792894502015-04-24T18:13:55.299-07:002015-04-24T18:13:55.299-07:00Numbering the poor...hmmmm...that must have been q...Numbering the poor...hmmmm...that must have been quite a task. Wonder if today's 'urban' as a word has any connection to Pope Urban. Wonder how he contracted malaria? Lots of questions about this short term Pope.<br />Sue at <a href="http://collectintexasgal.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow">CollectInTexas Gal</a><br />AtoZ 2015 Challenge<br />Minion for AJ's wHooligansSue McPeakhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04927975578544675345noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-345254913878149620.post-9928099678692865282015-04-24T12:26:40.955-07:002015-04-24T12:26:40.955-07:00I know, right? If he had lived, he might have rea...I know, right? If he had lived, he might have really shaken up the status quo. Thank you for stopping by here!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05736019203704382525noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-345254913878149620.post-35244944408018229742015-04-24T12:24:37.291-07:002015-04-24T12:24:37.291-07:00Yes, it is sad. But he had a full and productive ...Yes, it is sad. But he had a full and productive life until then, and he lived to be almost 70 - much older than a lot of the people I've been posting about. Thank you for visiting!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05736019203704382525noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-345254913878149620.post-57757421660233115682015-04-24T12:21:37.346-07:002015-04-24T12:21:37.346-07:00You would take clean air seriously too if you had ...You would take clean air seriously too if you had malaria!! Apparently he began exhibiting symptoms of it just after being named Pope (although I really don't think there was any connection between his illness and his anti-smoking stance). But yeah, there does seem to be a bit of a disconnect between his charitable inclinations and his running the Inquisition...Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05736019203704382525noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-345254913878149620.post-21105418478367722112015-04-24T12:05:40.718-07:002015-04-24T12:05:40.718-07:00Not a fan of nepotism? That is seriously unusual....Not a fan of nepotism? That is seriously unusual. Nilanjana Bosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08656370320322301943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-345254913878149620.post-57624169842168228952015-04-24T12:03:27.362-07:002015-04-24T12:03:27.362-07:00Wow. Excommunication for smoking in a church--he t...Wow. Excommunication for smoking in a church--he took clean air seriously, didn't he? Interesting that eschewed nepotism and that he cared for the poor, but the whole inquisitor general thing gives one pause. :)Kern Windwraithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16771591425163484238noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-345254913878149620.post-13686658587703507662015-04-24T07:42:01.033-07:002015-04-24T07:42:01.033-07:00Sounds like he would have made a great pope indeed...Sounds like he would have made a great pope indeed. Too bad he only lasted 12 days. So sad!jaybirdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10708353376256621965noreply@blogger.com