Pape Urban II
Pape Urban II (Laitin: Urbanus II; c. 1042 – 29 Julie 1099), born Odo o Châtillon or Otho de Lagery,[1][2] wis pape frae 12 Mairch 1088 tae his daith in 1099. He is best kent for initiatin the First Crusade (1096–99) an settin up the modren-day Roman Curia in the manner o a ryal ecclesiastical coort tae help run the Kirk.[3]
| Blessed Pape Urban II | |
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 1630 portrait. | |
| Installed | 12 Mairch 1088 |
| Term endit | 29 Julie 1099 |
| Predecessor | Victor III |
| Successor | Paschal II |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | C. 1068 |
| Consecration | 20 Julie 1085 |
| Creatit Cardinal | 1073 bi Gregory VII |
| Personal details | |
| Birth name | Odo o Châtillon |
| Born | ca.1042 Lagery, Coonty o Champagne, Kinrick o Fraunce |
| Deed | 29 Julie 1099 Roum, Papal States, Haly Roman Empire |
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| Saunthuid | |
| Feast day | 29 July |
| Veneratit in | Roman Catholic Kirk |
| Beatified | 14 Julie 1881 Roum bi Pape Leo XIII |
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| Ither papes named Urban | |
References
eedit- ↑ Celli-Fraentzel 1932, p. 97.
- ↑ Alternatively, Otto, Odo, or Eudes.
- ↑ McBrien 2000, p. 182.