Cluny Abbey

  • French: Abbaye de Cluny

  • Travel Genus: Sight
  • Sight Category: Building

Cluny Abbey is a 10th century Benedictine monastery in Cluny, Saone-et-Loire, France. Dedicated to Saints Peter and Paul, The former religeous community is notable for the Rule of St Benedict. - AsNotedIn


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Timeline

Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
0910/00/00 Brothers of Cluny Established Duke William I of Aquitaine nominate Berno as the first abbot of a reform monastery in Bourgogne.
0931/03/00 Pope John XI Pope Pope John XI grants the reforming Cluny Abbey complete and perpetual exemption from secular and religious control and places the order under the protection of the papacy.
1614/00/00 Brothers of Cluny History The "Bibliotheca Cluniacensis" (Paris, 1614) records 825 houses in allegiance with the Abbot of Cluny.

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Particulars for Cluny Abbey:
Community Attribute Abbey
Area of Significance Architecture
Structure Belfry, Campanile
Sight Category Building
Building Type Church
Funerary Grave, burial
Era Medieval Europe
Criteria Person
Area of Significance Religion
Historic Use Religious Property
Religion, Cultural Affiliation Roman Catholic Church
Architectural Style Romanesque
Area of Significance Social History




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