Pope Urban II did not join the church in his early life. In fact, it was not until his mid thirties that he heeded the call and became a monk. He was educated in Riems at the tutelage of St. Bruno. He was Grand Prior of Cluno by 1074 (Carey). His fast ascent through the ranks the Catholic church did not stop there...
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By 1080 he had already been appointed as a cardinal-bishop at Ostia (Carey). It was there that he became involved with his predecessor Pope Gregory II who planted the seed that would start the crusades in the mind of Pope Urban II. Pope Gregory was deeply involved in a reform movement of the church known later as the Gregorian movement, which was a reform movement to clean up the church and return power to the papacy (Asbridge 13)...
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