Pope Urban II

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Catholic priest human pope

Pope Urban II was the head of the Catholic Church from 1088 to 1099, best known for initiating the First Crusade and asserting papal authority during major church-state conflicts in medieval Europe.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Pope Urban II canonical	29
Urban II	6

Statements (55)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Catholic priest ⓘ human ⓘ pope ⓘ
advocated	papal supremacy ⓘ
alliedWith	Matilda of Tuscany ⓘ surface form: Countess Matilda of Tuscany Norman princes in southern Italy ⓘ
beatificationDate	14 July 1881 ⓘ
beatifiedBy	Pope Leo XIII ⓘ
birthDate	c. 1035 ⓘ
birthName	Odo of Châtillon ⓘ Odo of Lagery ⓘ
birthPlace	Champagne province ⓘ surface form: County of Champagne Kingdom of France ⓘ Lagery ⓘ
calledFor	First Crusade ⓘ
canonizationStatus	beatified ⓘ
conflict	Investiture Controversy ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	Kingdom of France ⓘ
dateOfEvent	Council of Clermont ⓘ surface form: Council of Clermont 1095
deathDate	29 July 1099 ⓘ
deathPlace	Papal States ⓘ Rome ⓘ
educatedAt	Cluny Abbey ⓘ surface form: Abbey of Cluny
endTime	1099 ⓘ
era	High Middle Ages ⓘ
event	Council of Clermont ⓘ
feastDay	29 July ⓘ
givenName	Odo of Lagery ⓘ surface form: Odo
headOf	Roman Catholicism ⓘ surface form: Catholic Church
influenced	development of crusading ideology ⓘ medieval papal monarchy ⓘ
knownFor	Council of Clermont ⓘ surface form: Council of Clermont sermon asserting papal authority over secular rulers ⓘ initiating the First Crusade ⓘ role in the Investiture Controversy ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName	Latin ⓘ
memberOf	Benedictines ⓘ surface form: Order of Saint Benedict
notableWork	Council of Clermont ⓘ surface form: crusading decrees of the Council of Clermont
occupation	clergy ⓘ theologian ⓘ
opposed	Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor ⓘ surface form: Holy Roman Emperor Henry IV
papalName	Pope Urban II self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Urban II
positionHeld	Pope ⓘ surface form: Bishop of Rome Pope ⓘ Sovereign of the Papal States ⓘ
predecessor	Pope Victor III ⓘ
region	Western Europe ⓘ
reignEnd	29 July 1099 ⓘ
reignStart	12 March 1088 ⓘ
religion	Roman Catholicism ⓘ surface form: Catholic Church
religiousOrder	Benedictines ⓘ
startTime	1088 ⓘ
successor	Pope Paschal II ⓘ
supported	Gregorian Reform ⓘ
veneratedIn	Roman Catholicism ⓘ surface form: Catholic Church

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Input

Subject: Pope Urban II
Description of subject: Pope Urban II was the head of the Catholic Church from 1088 to 1099, best known for initiating the First Crusade and asserting papal authority during major church-state conflicts in medieval Europe.

Referenced by (35)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Investiture Controversy → involvedPerson → Pope Urban II ⓘ

First Crusade → influencedBy → Pope Urban II ⓘ

First Crusade → declaredBy → Pope Urban II ⓘ

Pope Urban II → papalName → Pope Urban II self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Urban II

Pope Paschal II → predecessor → Pope Urban II ⓘ

Wibert of Ravenna (Antipope Clement III) → opponentOf → Pope Urban II ⓘ

subject surface form: Wibert of Ravenna

Crusades → initiatedBy → Pope Urban II ⓘ

Alexios I Komnenos → soughtAssistanceFrom → Pope Urban II ⓘ

Matilda of Tuscany → supported → Pope Urban II ⓘ

Council of Clermont → presidedBy → Pope Urban II ⓘ

Council of Clermont → convokedBy → Pope Urban II ⓘ

Council of Clermont → significantPerson → Pope Urban II ⓘ

Gesta Francorum → associatedWith → Pope Urban II ⓘ

chronicles of Fulcher of Chartres → describesPerson → Pope Urban II ⓘ

subject surface form: Chronicle of Fulcher of Chartres

Raymond IV of Toulouse → supportedBy → Pope Urban II ⓘ

Crusaders → sanctionedBy → Pope Urban II ⓘ

Hugh of Cluny → closeAssociate → Pope Urban II ⓘ

Hugh of Cluny → uncleOf → Pope Urban II ⓘ

Basilica of Saint Nicholas → founder → Pope Urban II ⓘ

this entity surface form: Urban II

Conrad, King of Italy → supportedBy → Pope Urban II ⓘ

Pope Victor III → successor → Pope Urban II ⓘ

Odo of Châtillon → alsoKnownAs → Pope Urban II ⓘ

this entity surface form: Urban II

Odo of Châtillon → papalName → Pope Urban II ⓘ

this entity surface form: Urban II

Odo of Lagery → alsoKnownAs → Pope Urban II ⓘ

Odo of Lagery → papalName → Pope Urban II ⓘ

this entity surface form: Urban II

Lagery → hasNotableResident → Pope Urban II ⓘ

Lagery → birthplaceOf → Pope Urban II ⓘ

Paschalis II → predecessor → Pope Urban II ⓘ

this entity surface form: Urban II

Council of Piacenza → presidedBy → Pope Urban II ⓘ

Council of Piacenza → convokedBy → Pope Urban II ⓘ

Council of Piacenza → hasParticipant → Pope Urban II ⓘ

Council of Piacenza → relatedTo → Pope Urban II ⓘ

Saint Bruno of Cologne → notableStudent → Pope Urban II ⓘ

Basilica of Saints Nazarius and Celsus → consecratedBy → Pope Urban II ⓘ