<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1088_papal_election" id="mwHQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="1088 papal election">Election of</a> <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urban_II" id="mwHg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Urban II">Urban II</a> as the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_popes" id="mwHw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="List of popes">159th</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope" id="mwIA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Pope">Pope</a> of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catholic_Church" id="mwIQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Catholic Church">Catholic Church</a>. He is best known for initiating the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crusades" id="mwIg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Crusades">Crusades</a>.<sup about="#mwt20" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-2"}}' id="cite_ref-2" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./March_12#cite_note-2" id="mwIw" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 2;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mwJA">[2]</span></a></sup>
<span class="mw-reference-text" id="mw-reference-text-cite_note-2"><cite about="#mwt17" class="citation encyclopaedia cs1" id="CITEREFButler1912">Butler, Richard Urban (1912). <span class="cs1-ws-icon" id="mwCXs" title="s:Catholic Encyclopedia (1913)/Pope Bl. Urban II"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Catholic_Encyclopedia_(1913)/Pope_Bl._Urban_II" id="mwCXw" rel="mw:ExtLink">"Pope Bl. Urban II"<span id="mwCX0" typeof="mw:Entity"> </span></a></span>. <i id="mwCX4"><a href="./Catholic_Encyclopedia" id="mwCX8" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Catholic Encyclopedia">Catholic Encyclopedia</a></i>. Vol.<span id="mwCYA" typeof="mw:Entity"> </span>15.</cite><span about="#mwt17" class="Z3988" id="mwCYE" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&amp;rft.genre=bookitem&amp;rft.atitle=Pope+Bl.+Urban+II&amp;rft.btitle=Catholic+Encyclopedia&amp;rft.date=1912&amp;rft.aulast=Butler&amp;rft.aufirst=Richard+Urban&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMarch+12"></span><link about="#mwt17" href="./Category:Articles_incorporating_a_citation_from_the_1913_Catholic_Encyclopedia_with_Wikisource_reference" id="mwCYI" rel="mw:PageProp/Category"/></span>