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With which religious leader did Bohemond I have an important encounter during the First Crusade?

  • Pope Urban II

  • Thomas Becket

  • Pope Gregory VII

  • Saint Francis of Assisi

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Pope Urban II, the spiritual leader of the Catholic Church, played a pivotal role in Bohemond I's participation in the First Crusade. Urban's passionate preaching during the Council of Clermont in 1095, calling for the liberation of the Holy Land, resonated deeply with Bohemond, a skilled and ambitious Norman warrior from southern Italy.
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