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date: 12 June 2025

Urban II 

Source:
The Oxford Dictionary of Byzantium
Author(s):
Alexander KazhdanAlexander Kazhdan

(Odo of Châtillon), elected pope at Terracina 12 Mar. 1088; born Châtillon-sur-Marne ca.1035, died Rome 29 July 1099.Urban inherited a difficult situation: northern Italy was under the control of Henry IV of Germany, who supported the antipope ... ...

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