Pope
Pope Blessed Urban II
Pope from 1088 to 1099
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 began
1088
Papacy ended
1099
Birth name
Odo of Châtillon