biography
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Urban II
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originally Odo or Otto of Lagery
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pronunciation:
, Fr [ürbã], It [
| sex:
| male
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| lived:
| (1042–99)
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| biography:
| Pope (1088–99), born in Châtillon-sur-Marne, NE France. A Benedictine monk at Cluny, he was sent to Germany by Pope Gregory VII, and was made Cardinal Bishop of Ostia in 1078. He was elected pope in 1088 but had to contend with antipope Clemente III and only managed to gain control in 1094. He strengthened papal authority and introduced ecclesiastical reforms. He maintained a good relationship with the Normans in S Italy and other European kings, and launched the first Crusade. He was beatified in 1881. |
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