Pope Urban II Odo of Lagny

Pope Urban II Odo of Lagny Pope Urban II was known for starting the Crusade Movement, inducing with his invitation to battle at the Council of Clermont. Urban additionally proceeded and developed the changes of Gregory VII, and helped the papacy become a more grounded political unit. Urban learned at Soissons and afterward at Reims, where he became archdeacon, before turning into a priest and resigning to Cluny. There he got earlier, and after just a couple of years was sent to Rome to help Pope Gregory VII in his endeavors at change. He demonstrated priceless to the pope, and was made a Cardinal and filled in as an ecclesiastical legate. Upon Gregorys passing in 1085 he served his replacement, Victor II ​until Victor kicked the bucket. He was then chosen pope in March 1088, and impacted undertakings all through France, Italy, Europe, and the Holy Land. Likewise known as: Odo of Chã ¢tillon-sur-Marne, Odon of Chã ¢tillon-sur-Marne, Eudes of Chã ¢tillon-sur-Marne, Odo of Lagery, Otho of Lagery, Odo of Lagny Significant Dates Conceived: c. 1035Elected Pope: March 12, 1088Speech at Council of Clermont: Nov. 27, 1095Died: July 29, 1099 The Pontificate of Urban II As pope, Urban needed to manage the antipope Clement III and the progressing Investiture Controversy. He was effective in stating his authenticity as pope, yet his change approaches didn't take intensive hold all through Europe. He did, be that as it may, build up a gentler position on the Investiture Controversy that would later make a goals conceivable. Long mindful of the challenges travelers had been having in the Holy Land, Urban utilized Emperor Alexius Comnenos call for help as the reason for emboldening Christian knights in the First Crusade. Urban likewise considered together a few significant church chambers, including those at Piacenza, Clermont, Bari, and Rome, passing striking change enactment. Sources Head servant, Richard U. Pope Bl. Urban II. The Catholic Encyclopedia. Vol. 15. New York: Robert Appleton Company,â 1912. Halsall, Paul. â€Å"Medieval Sourcebook: Urban II (1088-1099): Speech at Council of Clermont, 1095, Five Versions of the Speech.†Ã‚ Internet History Sourcebooks Project, Fordham University, Dec. 1997.