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and expulsion of the Fatimids, Pope Urban II died before he could receive the news.

Urban II also set up the modern-day Roman Curia in the manner of a royal ecclesiastical court to help run the church. He was beatified by Pope Leo XIII on 14 July 1881.

Bishop of Ostia

Urban, baptized Eudes (Odo), was born to a family of Châtillon-sur-Marne. In 1050, he began his

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