A painting of Pope Urban I (painted by Raphael around 1520) who was pontiff from AD22 to AD230. He was the seventeenth pope and was long believed to have been martyred but more recent analysis suggests that he died a natural death.

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Size: 1932px × 2500px
Photo credit: © CBW / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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