Events Tagged: "Hugh the Great"

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

Construction begins on Cluny III, the third abbey church - will become largest church in Christendom until St. Peter's Basilica

Saint Hugh of Cluny canonized by Pope Calixtus II; credited with numerous miracles and making Cluny the most powerful monastery in Europe