Cluny

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Cluny

A commune in Saône-et-Loire department, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, eastern France.

A parish south of Monymusk, Aberdeenshire council area, Scotland, the location of Cluny Castle (OS grid ref NJ6812).

A small village in Fife council area, Scotland, north-west of Kirkcaldy (OS grid ref NT2495).

A hamlet in Wheatland County, Alberta, Canada, named after the parish of Cluny in Scotland.

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According to some chroniclers, Hildebrand moved to Cluny after Gregory's death, which occurred in 1048; his declaration to have become a monk at Cluny must not be taken literally. Source: Internet

All the Cluniac houses in England and Scotland were French colonies, governed by French priors who travelled to the Abbey of Cluny to consult or be consulted (unless the abbot of Cluny chose to come to Britain, which happened rarely). Source: Internet

By the twelfth century, the Abbey of Cluny was the head of an order consisting of 314 monasteries. Source: Internet

Archbishop Guy de Bourgogne of Vienne, France, who was not a cardinal, was elected at Cluny on 2 February 1119. Source: Internet

Cluny Abbey was founded by William I, Duke of Aquitaine in 910. The abbey was noted for its strict adherence to the Rule of St. Benedict. Source: Internet

Decline and attempted reforms For a hundred years, until the first quarter of the 13th century, the Cistercians supplanted Cluny as the most powerful order and the chief religious influence in western Europe. Source: Internet

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