Josius of Tyre
archbishop of Tyre
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role in Third Crusade
- In Crusades: The Third Crusade
…the arrival there of Archbishop Josius of Tyre, whom the Crusaders had sent with urgent appeals for aid. Pope Urban III soon died, shocked, it was said, by the sad news. His successor, Gregory VIII, issued a Crusade bull and called for fasting and penitence.
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