Urban VI elected amid Roman riot
April 1378
Roman crowds threatened the cardinals locked in conclave, demanding 'a Roman or at least an Italian.' They chose the irascible Bartolomeo Prignano of Naples. Urban VI immediately set about insulting the very cardinals who had elected him, questioning their moral character and threatening to pack the college. Within months they would denounce his election and run back to Avignon.
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