Pope Eugene III issues Quantum praedecessores calling for the Second Crusade

Name: Pope Eugene III issues Quantum praedecessores calling for the Second Crusade
Start: 1145

Type Event Region Europe Time 1145

On December 1, 1145, Pope Eugene III issued the papal bull Quantum praedecessores in Rome, formally calling on Western European states to launch the …

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1145Rome · LazioPope Eugene III responded to the fall of Edessa and the plight of Eastern Christians with the Latin bull Quantum praedecessores in Rome, citing the precedents of his predecessors and the First Crusade, calling on kings, nobles, and all the faithful to take up arms once more, and promising spiritual remission and material guarantees.

Sources

Eugenius III, Quantum praedecessores (1 December 1145) — Pope Eugenius III (1145) https://www.papalencyclicals.net/eugen3/equantum.htm
The Crusades: A History — Jonathan Riley-Smith (2005)