Council of Clermont Timeline of Events

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Council of Clermont

The Council of Clermont was a mixed synod of ecclesiastics and laymen of the Catholic Church, which was held from November 18 to November 28, 1095 at Clermont, France...

Timeline of Events

1095

11.19.1095

The Council of Clermont, called by Pope Urban II to discuss sending the First Crusade to the Holy Land, begins.

11.27.1095

Pope Urban II declares the First Crusade at the Council of Clermont.

11.28.1095

On the last day of the Council of Clermont, Pope Urban II appoints Bishop Adhemar of Le Puy and Count Raymond IV of Toulouse to lead the First Crusade to the Holy Land.