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| | Pope Urban II (c. 1035-1099) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22) |
 | | Original name Odo Of Châtillon-sur-marne, or Odo Of Lagery, or Of Lagny, French Odon, or Eudes, De Châtillon-sur-marne, or De Lagery, or De Lagny, head of the Roman Catholic church (1088-99) who developed ecclesiastical reforms begun by Pope Gregory VII, launched the Crusade movement, and strengthened the papacy as a political entity. |
 | | Odo was born of noble parents about 1035 in the Champagne region of France. |
 | | At Reims and Cluny, Odo gained experience in ecclesiastical policy and administration and made contacts with two important reform groups of his time: the canons regularclergymen dedicated to the active service of the church, who live a strict life in communityand the monks of Cluny. |
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