Events Tagged: "Benedictine"

Abbey of Cluny founded by William I, Duke of Aquitaine, who donates land for a monastery to be placed directly under papal authority, free from local secular and ecclesiastical control

Odo becomes second abbot of Cluny, begins major expansion of Cluniac reform movement throughout Europe

Mayeul becomes fourth abbot of Cluny, continues expansion and increases monastery's influence

Benedictine Reform begins - Dunstan as Archbishop, backed by Edgar, starts replacing secular clergy with monks

Odilo becomes fifth abbot of Cluny, introduces All Souls' Day (November 2) for commemoration of all faithful departed

Hugh the Great becomes sixth abbot of Cluny, begins his 60-year abbacy - longest in Cluny's history