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Founded by Pope Urban VI, 1388, at the instance of the town council, and inaugurated, 1389. It was represented at the councils of Constance and Basel. The Renaissance was opposed at Cologne. At the time of the Reformation the university strongly defended the Catholic Faith. It declined after the 16th century. During the French Revolution French troops entered Cologne, 1794, and in 1796 the university was closed.