Pope Urban was the lists and the testimony of Eusebius of Caesarea, according to Roman bishop as the successor of Callistus I., probably from 222 - the data in the bishop's list 354 are contradictory. His tenure there was under Emperor Alexander Severus no other Christians, and the schism with the Pope against Hippolytus lasted but continued. The Urban lore has it that a regulation adopted, that the chalice at the Last Supper is always made of silver or gold must be, he should Valerianus, the bridegroom of Cäcilia, converted, and he should be prosecuted by the emperor, finally, with the lead scourged and then beheaded by be.

Probably with Urban in the catacombs of Callistus buried Urban identical, although this is not with the title Bishop is called, but a Greek inscription in the chapel of Pope Callistuskatakombe identifies the name with a Urbanliving as initial of "Episkopos" interpreted E. The problem the death date and burial place of more complicated, because it is in a catacomb of Prätestatus buried - in the martyrology of Jerome, 25 May said - namesake has confused, as in the middle of the 3rd Century living, often in the letters of Cyprian of Carthage Roman confessors mentioned offense.

Urban Relics - probably that of the namesake - were under Pope Paschal I in the Basilica of Santa Cecilia in Trastevere transferred. Parts of these were relics of Pope Nicholas I in 862 the Emperor Charles the Bald concerned and came over after Auxerre Chalons-sur-Marne - today Châlons-en-Champagne -. Another center of worship was the Urban Realm Erstein Abbey in Alsace. Due to the mixing with Urban of Langres from the 5th Century, the late life story to the protection and promotion of winemaking attributes, Pope Urban is mainly in German-speaking countries as the patron saint of the vineyards and winemakers views, the actual wine is Urban Saints Langres.