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In 1095, Pope Urban II preached the First Crusade and undertook to bestow a plenary indulgence on all who took part, promising that a crusader who died in a state of penitence for his earthly sins would be received into heaven immediately.
Less well known, but also important, is Pope Urban's attitude to clerical celibacy. John W. Casperson (A Chalice of Miracles) says that Pope Urban II ordered married priests who ignored celibacy to be imprisoned and their wives and children sold into slavery, with the proceeds to go to the church. He also collected an annual tax called the 'callagium' allowing clergy to have mistresses, provided they paid an annual fee to the papacy.
Pope Urban II called for the First Crusade.
Pope Urban II called for the first Crusade.
No, Pope Urban II was never married and had no children.
Pope Urban II died July 29, 1099.
Pope Urban II was a Catholic, as were all the popes.
Paschal II.
The name of the pope that urged people to join the crusades was Pope Urban II.
Pope Urban II did not marry.
Odo of Lagery was the original name of Pope Urban II.
Pope Urban II called for the First Crusade.
The Crusades were launched by Pope Urban II, not Pope Urban III.
Pope Urban chose the name upon his election as pope.