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The movement began within the Benedictine order at Cluny Abbey, founded in 910 by William I, Duke of Aquitaine (875–918). The reforms were largely carried out by Saint Odo (c. 878 – 942) and spread throughout France ( Burgundy , Provence , Auvergne , Poitou ), into England (the English Benedictine Reform ), and through much of Italy ...
Cluny abbey on the site Bourgogne Romane; Societas Christiana Encyclopedia: The Cluniac movement; Charter of the Abbey of Cluny; Large archive of photographs of the abbey Archived 2007-09-14 at the Wayback Machine; The History of Romanesque Cluny Clarified by Excavations and Comparisons, by K.J. Conant (pdf) Paradoxplace – Cluny Page – Photos
The Benedictine reform movement on the Continent started with the foundation of Cluny Abbey in Burgundy in 909–10, [15] but the influence of Cluny, which was innovative in its customs, was largely confined to Burgundy.
Saint Berno of Cluny (French: Bernon) or Berno of Baume (c. 850 – 13 January 927) was the first abbot of Cluny from its foundation in 909 until he died in 927. He began the tradition of the Cluniac reforms which his successors spread across Europe. Berno was first a monk at St. Martin's Abbey, Autun, and then at Baume Abbey about 886.
The prior of St Pancras at Lewes usually held the position of vicar-general of the Abbot of Cluny for England and Scotland. Since the head of their order was the Abbot at Cluny, all members of the order in Britain were bound to cross to France to visit Cluny to consult or be consulted, unless the Abbot chose to come to Britain. This he did five ...
The Abbey of Cluny was reduced from 120 to 60 monks. Faced with a decline in vocations , the mendicant orders began to accept oblates . [ 6 ] Contributing factors in the disruption of the religious orders were the Black Death (1346–1353) and the Great Western Schism (1378–1417).
The Cluniac reform movement had already begun with Berno of Cluny at the beginning of the 10th century, but the monasteries reformed by the monks of Cluny during the tenures of Odo and Aymard (2nd and 3rd abbots of Cluny) remained independent of Cluny. Reform was the personal work of the abbot, and it was not uncommon for the abbots of Cluny to ...
Odilo of Cluny (c. 962 – 1 January 1049) was the 5th [2] Benedictine Abbot of Cluny, succeeding Mayeul and holding the post for around 54 years. During his tenure Cluny became the most important monastery in western Europe. Odilo actively worked to reform the monastic practices not only at Cluny, but at other Benedictine houses.