Order of Cluny

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The Order of Cluny was a powerful medieval Benedictine monastic order centered on the Abbey of Cluny in France, renowned for its religious reforms, artistic patronage, and influence on Western monasticism.

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instanceOf Benedictine order
Catholic religious order
monastic order
associatedWith Cluniac liturgy
Romanesque sculpture
pilgrimage routes to Santiago de Compostela
centralMonastery Cluny Abbey
country France
dateFounded 11 September 910
declinePeriod 13th century
dissolutionCause French Revolution
follows Rule of Saint Benedict
foundedBy Bernard of Septimania (as lay patron)
William I, Duke of Aquitaine
founderAbbot Saint Berno of Cluny
hasCharacteristic centralized organization
emphasis on choir office
exemption from episcopal control
network of dependent priories
wealthy endowments
hasLanguage Latin
hasPart Cluniac monasteries
Cluniac priories
linked to: Cluniac priory

Cluny Abbey
headquartersLocation Cluny, Saône-et-Loire, France
heritageDesignation part of the Benedictine tradition
inception 910
influenced Cistercian Order
linked to: Cistercians

Gregorian Reform
Western monasticism
medieval church reform
knownFor Romanesque architecture
artistic patronage
influence on Western monasticism
liturgical prayer
monastic reform
support of papal reform
locationFounded Cluny, Burgundy, Kingdom of France
motto Pax
movement Cluniac Reforms
linked to: Cluniac reforms
namedAfter Cluny Abbey
notableAbbot Hugh of Cluny
Maiolus of Cluny
Odilo of Cluny
Odo of Cluny
Peter the Venerable
numberOfHousesAtPeak over 1,000
parentOrganization Benedictine Confederation
peakPeriod 11th century
12th century
religion Catholicism
linked to: Roman Catholicism
religiousAffiliation Roman Catholic Church
linked to: Roman Catholicism
rite Latin Rite
territorialExtent England
France
Holy Roman Empire
Italy
Spain

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Cluny, Saône-et-Loire associatedWith Order of Cluny