The cross first appeared in the years before Pope Blessed Urban II called for the First Crusade (1096-1099) to set off to recapture Jerusalem and the Holy Land from Muslim control. Called at times ...

The First Crusade began in 1096 when, inspired by religious fervor and incendiary rhetoric, many thousands of men throughout Europe ‘accepted the cross ... to wrest Jerusalem and other ...

According to Catholic News Agency, the cross predates the First Crusade (1096-1099), but became more common after the Kingdom of Jerusalem adoptedthe cross as its chief banner in the 1200s before ...

“The Christians eventually, even after the First Crusade ... Jerusalem held dubious strategic value. Far from the Mediterranean coast, it was off the trade routes and ringed by difficult-to ...

A huge Crusader hospital in Jerusalem will soon be opened to the public after a decade-long reconstruction, the Israeli Antiquities Authority (IAA) announced Aug. 5. Until about 10 years ago ...

The Jerusalem Cross and "Deus Vult" motto are frequently used together by religious organizations descended from the crusader ...