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Adhemar of Le Puy

Type Figure Region France Time c. 1045–1098 Also known as Adhemar of Le Puy

Adhemar of Le Puy (c. 1045–1098), bishop of Le Puy and papal legate of the First Crusade, was its spiritual leader and died of plague in 1098.

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  1. c. 1087–1095Le Puy · Le PuyAdhemar came from a noble family of southern France and was known for piety and learning as bishop of Le Puy; closely associated with Pope Urban II, he was an important supporter of the crusade appeal at the Council of Clermont.
  2. 1096–1098Antioch · AntiochAppointed by Urban II as legatus a latere for the crusade, he marched east with the army from France through Constantinople, mediating disputes among the princes and presiding over religious rites at Nicaea, Antioch and elsewhere; his death weakened ecclesiastical authority within the crusade.

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