POPE
Pope Blessed Urban II
Pope, Bishop of Rome
Pope Blessed Urban II, who reigned as Roman Pontiff from 1088–1099.
background
Blessed Pope Urban II continued the Gregorian Reform and, at the Council of Clermont in 1095, preached the First Crusade to aid the Eastern Christians and recover the Holy Land.
summary
Pope Blessed Urban II, who reigned as Roman Pontiff from 1088–1099.
papacy Start
1088
papacy End
1099
birth Name
Odo of Châtillon