Urban II

noun

1. OdoorOtho, c1042–99, French ecclesiastic: pope 1088–99.

Urban II

/ ˈɜːbən /

noun

1. original name Odo or Udo. ?1042–99, French ecclesiastic; pope (1088–99). He inaugurated the First Crusade at the Council of Clermont (1095)

Example Sentences

This is the year when the leader of the Catholic church, Pope Urban II, launched the first crusade, attacking Muslims as a "vile race".

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Beginning with Pope Urban II, the church leadership and the European monarchies sought to bring Christianity as far East as possible and to take over Muslim-controlled trade routes in the process.

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The Latin phrase “Deus vult” — “God wills it,” a reference to Pope Urban II’s call to arms in the First Crusade — has become a popular dog whistle for Islamophobia among the online alt-right.

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A few years later, Pope Urban II — the one who would preach the First Crusade — formally enshrined the relics of the saint.

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Her longest quotation is taken from a speech delivered by Pope Urban II in 1095 urging a crusade to wrest Jerusalem from the “wicked race” of the Seljuk Turks.

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