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Urban II
Otho de Lagery · 1088 – 1099 · 11 yrs · died
Gave the speech at Clermont in 1095 that started the Crusades.
Did
- Called the First Crusade; Jerusalem fell to it in July 1099, two weeks before he died.
Didn't
- Hear the news: it hadn't reached Rome when he died.
- Attend: he stayed in Europe. The crowd shouting 'Deus vult' did the traveling.
From the record
Pope Urban II, otherwise known as Odo of Châtillon or Otho de Lagery, was the head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 12 March 1088 to his death. He is best known for convening the Council of Clermont, which ignited the series of Catholic military expeditions known as the Crusades.
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