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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...
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  • Urban Extension Road-II (UER II) or NH-344M is an upcoming 75.7 km long, 6 lanes (main expressway) & 6 lanes (service roads) wide access-controlled expressway...
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    followed later in the year by the Council of Clermont, during which Pope Urban II supported the Byzantine request for military assistance and also urged...
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    and powerful Empress Catherine II of Russia, whose long rule led to the modernisation of the Russian Empire, many urban legends arose, some legends based...
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    synod of ecclesiastics and laymen of the Catholic Church, called by Pope Urban II and held from 17 to 27 November 1095 at Clermont, Auvergne, at the time...
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    went into exile, taking his case to the Pope. The diplomatic and flexible Urban II, a new pope, was involved in a major conflict with Holy Roman Emperor Henry...
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    VII (1073–85) in 1073. He was consecrated as pope in succession to Pope Urban II (1088–99) on 19 August 1099. His reign of almost twenty years was exceptionally...
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    after the 15th century. In 1095, after a Byzantine request for aid, Pope Urban II proclaimed the first expedition at the Council of Clermont. He encouraged...
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  • Kohat (Urban-II) is an administrative unit known as "Union Council" of Kohat District in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. District Kohat has...
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    Philip at first did not personally support it because of his conflict with Urban II. Philip's brother Hugh of Vermandois, however, was a major participant...
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    long line of Anti-Jewish persecution involving violence. Summoned by Pope Urban II with the hope of conquering the Holy Land, violence against the Jewish...
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  • Pope Urban may refer to one of several popes of the Catholic denomination: Pope Urban I, pope c. 222–230, a Saint Pope Urban II, pope 1088–1099, the Blessed...
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    branch of the Caetani family, and he became a monk of Monte Cassino. Pope Urban II, who wished to improve the style of papal documents, brought him to Rome...
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    from Islamic rule. In 1095 the head of the Roman Catholic Church Pope Urban II started to urge faithful Christians to undertake an armed pilgrimage to...
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    First Crusade was preached at the Council of Clermont in 1095 by Pope Urban II, with the goal of assisting the Byzantine Empire against the invasions...
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    Urban II (r. 1088–1099) created 71 cardinals in ten consistories that he held throughout his pontificate. He elevated his two successors Gelasius II and...
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  • Urban Knights II is an album by the Urban Knights which was issued in 1997 on GRP Records. The album reached No. 5 on the Billboard Top Contemporary Jazz...
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    Puy-en-Velay from before 1087. He was the chosen representative of Pope Urban II for the expedition to the Holy Land. Remembered for his martial prowess...
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    suggested the election of Odo, Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (afterwards pope Urban II), but this was rejected by some of the cardinals on the grounds that the...
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    Pope Innocent II (Latin: Innocentius II; died 24 September 1143), born Gregorio Papareschi, was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States...
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    Italy 16 from France (Pope Sylvester II, Pope Stephen IX, Pope Nicholas II, Pope Urban II, Pope Callistus II, Pope Urban IV, Pope Clement IV, Pope Innocent...
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    celebrated teacher at Reims, and a close advisor of his former pupil, Pope Urban II. His feast day is 6 October. Bruno was born in Cologne about the year 1030...
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    split of Ismaili Shia into the new Nizari religious branch. 1095: Pope Urban II calls upon Western Europeans to take up the cross and reclaim the Holy...
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    restricted conflict between Christians. Certainly, this is evident in Pope Urban II's speeches, but it is now thought that the influence was limited and had...
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    An urban area, built-up area or urban agglomeration is a human settlement with a high population density and an infrastructure of built environment. This...
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    examined in councils, more specifically in general councils. Pope Urban II, Pope Calixtus II, and Pope Eugene III conformed to this discipline. Hugh de Boves...
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    nobility, would erupt after the death of Callixtus II in 1124. The pontificates of Urban II and Paschal II saw an expansion in the College of Cardinals of...
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  • 189–199, died a martyr Pope Calixtus I (Saint) (217–222), died a martyr Pope Urban I (Saint) 222–230, died a martyr Pope Pontian (Saint) 230–235, condemned...
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  • Urban decay (also known as urban rot, urban death or urban blight) is the sociological process by which a previously functioning city, or part of a city...
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    between 1070 and 1078 and he generally opposed the popes Gregory VII and Urban II when they were in conflict with the Emperor. In 1095, he planned to take...
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