RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Pope Urban II

1042 - 1099

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Pope Urban II (Latin: Urbanus II ; c. 1035 – 29 July 1099), 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 Christian military expeditions known as the Crusades. Pope Urban was a native of France and was a descendant of a noble family from the French commune of Châtillon-sur-Marne. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Pope Urban II has received more than 1,622,427 page views. His biography is available in 85 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 83 in 2019). Pope Urban II is the 78th most popular religious figure (down from 69th in 2019), the 87th most popular biography from France (down from 77th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular French Religious Figure.

Pope Urban II is most famous for his speech at the Council of Clermont in 1095, which led to the First Crusade.

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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 85

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 13.41

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.60

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Pope Urban II ranks 78 out of 3,187. Before him are Rachel, Saint Anne, Pope Pius V, Pope Pius XI, Benedict of Nursia, and Hasan ibn Ali. After him are Pope Gregory XIII, Pope Sylvester I, Pope Benedict XV, Girolamo Savonarola, Pope Sixtus IV, and Pope Paul VI.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1042, Pope Urban II ranks 1. After him are Sancho Ramírez, García II of Galicia, Magnus, Duke of Saxony, and Louis the Springer. Among people deceased in 1099, Pope Urban II ranks 1. After him are El Cid, Donald III of Scotland, Qutalmish, Peter Bartholomew, and Tatikios.

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In France

Among people born in France, Pope Urban II ranks 87 out of 6,770. Before him are Louis Braille (1809), Jean-Baptiste Lamarck (1744), Louis XVII of France (1785), Pierre de Coubertin (1863), Jacques Chirac (1932), and Louis IX of France (1214). After him are Gustave Courbet (1819), Irène Joliot-Curie (1897), Charles-Augustin de Coulomb (1736), Michel de Montaigne (1533), Pierre-Simon Laplace (1749), and George Sand (1804).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In France

Among religious figures born in France, Pope Urban II ranks 2. Before him are John Calvin (1509). After him are Bernard of Clairvaux (1090), Thérèse of Lisieux (1873), Saint Sebastian (300), Pope Clement V (1264), Pope John XXII (1244), Pope Martin IV (1220), Pope Urban V (1310), Bernadette Soubirous (1844), Pope Clement VI (1291), and Saint Roch (1295).

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