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Pope urban II was Pope of the Catholic Church. he encouraged the Christians to wrest the Christian holy places situated in Palestine from the Arabs. In fact the Crusades of those days were the result of the efforts of Pope Urban II.

Roman Catholic AnswerPope Urban II started out as a monk of Cluny Abbey, one of the most historically important Benedictine Houses in history. After he was elected Pope, he did a great deal to establish peace in Europe, particularly in France and southern Italy (Sicily). He also called a Council to try and reconcile the Latin and the Greek Church over the filoque clause in the Creed. He is most famous in secular history for calling the First Crusade in an effort to liberate those Christians who had survived the massacres by the Muslims and were now living practically in slavery in the Holy Land.
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