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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Predicate Object
instanceOf Benedictine order
Catholic religious order
monastic order
associatedWith Cluniac liturgy
Romanesque sculpture
pilgrimage routes to Santiago de Compostela
centralMonastery Cluny Abbey NERFINISHED
country France
dateFounded 11 September 910
declinePeriod 13th century
dissolutionCause French Revolution NERFINISHED
follows Rule of Saint Benedict NERFINISHED
foundedBy Bernard of Septimania (as lay patron) NERFINISHED
William I, Duke of Aquitaine NERFINISHED
founderAbbot Saint Berno of Cluny NERFINISHED
hasCharacteristic centralized organization
emphasis on choir office
exemption from episcopal control
network of dependent priories
wealthy endowments
hasLanguage Latin NERFINISHED
hasPart Cluniac monasteries NERFINISHED
Cluniac priories NERFINISHED
Cluny Abbey NERFINISHED
headquartersLocation Cluny, Saône-et-Loire, France NERFINISHED
heritageDesignation part of the Benedictine tradition
inception 910
influenced Cistercian Order NERFINISHED
Gregorian Reform NERFINISHED
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 NERFINISHED
motto Pax
movement Cluniac Reforms NERFINISHED
namedAfter Cluny Abbey NERFINISHED
notableAbbot Hugh of Cluny NERFINISHED
Maiolus of Cluny NERFINISHED
Odilo of Cluny NERFINISHED
Odo of Cluny NERFINISHED
Peter the Venerable NERFINISHED
numberOfHousesAtPeak over 1,000
parentOrganization Benedictine Confederation NERFINISHED
peakPeriod 11th century
12th century
religion Roman Catholicism
surface form: Catholicism
religiousAffiliation Roman Catholicism
surface form: Roman Catholic Church
rite Latin Rite
territorialExtent England NERFINISHED
France NERFINISHED
Holy Roman Empire NERFINISHED
Italy NERFINISHED
Spain NERFINISHED

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Cluny, Saône-et-Loire associatedWith Order of Cluny