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| | CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Crusades |
 | | Whole armies of pilgrims traversed Europe, and in the valley of the Danube hospices were established where they could replenish their provisions. |
 | | In 1026 Richard, Abbot of Saint-Vannes, led 700 pilgrims into Palestine at the expense of Richard II, Duke of Normandy. |
 | | In 1065 over 12,000 Germans who had crossed Europe under the command of Günther, Bishop of Bamberg, while on their way through Palestine had to seek shelter in a ruined fortress, where they defended themselves against a troop of Bedouins (Lambert of Hersfeld, in "Mon. |
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