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| Preacher of the First Crusade (Born in approximately 1042 in Châtillon-sur-Marne and died in 1099 in Rome) This Clunisian monk became Pope in 1088. He formed a synod in 1095 and preached the First Crusade which started the following year, led by the Bishop of Le Puy, Adhémar de Monteil. The Synod took place from 14th to 28th November 1095. The Pope denounced the Clergy's power abuses and the seizure of the Church by laymen. He wanted to impose the "trêve de Dieu" (The Truce of God). On the last day, he called on the liberation of the Holy Places. We know that many people responded to his, Urbain II's appeal shouting that it was God's will" ("Dieu le veut!"). His supporters comprised 13 Archbishops, 315 bishops and abbots, and a large crowd of Lords and Knights. 
This appeal took place on the Delille square (formerly Place du Champet). It is nevertheless on the Place de la Victoire that the Urbain II Fountain was erected in 1895 by the architect Teillard and the sculptor Gourgouillon, for the 8th Centenary of the First Crusade. Perched on an impressive monument made out of Volvic lava, the Pope Urbain II points to the Holy Lands with his right hand.
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