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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 conquests 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. Reims was the nearby cathedral school where he began his studies in 1050.Before his papacy, Urban was the grand prior of Cluny and bishop of Ostia. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Pope Urban II has received more than 1,493,670 page views. His biography is available in 83 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 80 in 2019). Pope Urban II is the 72nd most popular religious figure (down from 59th in 2019), the 77th most popular biography from France (up from 78th 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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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Pope Urban II ranks 72 out of 2,238Before him are Pope Pius XI, Saint Valentine, John Chrysostom, Pope Sylvester I, Muhammad al-Bukhari, and Pope Gregory XIII. After him are Pope Julius II, Pope Gregory VII, Pope Pius IX, Pope Paul VI, Ruhollah Khomeini, and Pope Leo X.

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Contemporaries

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

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In France

Among people born in France, Pope Urban II ranks 77 out of 6,011Before him are Louis IX of France (1214), Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres (1780), Henri Bergson (1859), Louis de Funès (1914), Henry III of France (1551), and Tacitus (54). After him are Marquis de Sade (1740), Gustave Courbet (1819), Irène Joliot-Curie (1897), Louis the Pious (778), Caracalla (188), and Pierre-Simon Laplace (1749).

Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In France

Among religious figures born in France, Pope Urban II ranks 2Before him are John Calvin (1509). After him are Bernard of Clairvaux (1090), Pope Clement V (1264), Saint Sebastian (300), Thérèse of Lisieux (1873), Bernadette Soubirous (1844), Pope Gregory XI (1370), Pope John XXII (1244), Pope Urban V (1310), Jacques de Molay (1243), and Pope Clement VI (1291).