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The town and commune of Cluny or Clugny lies in the modern-day département
Départements of France

In the context of the political and geographic organization of France and many of its former colonies, a department is an administrative division roughly analogous to an Districts of England, a Counties of the United States or a Regions and districts of Scotland....
 of Saône-et-Loire
Saône-et-Loire

Sa?ne-et-Loire is a France departments of France, named after the Sa?ne River and the Loire River rivers between which it lies....
 in the région of Bourgogne
Bourgogne

Bourgogne is one of the 26 regions of France of France.The region of Bourgogne is both larger than the old Duchy of Burgundy and smaller than the area ruled by the Duke of Burgundy....
, in east-central France
France

France , officially the French Republic , is a country whose Metropolitan France is located in Western Europe and that also comprises various Overseas departments and territories of France....
, near Mâcon
Macon

Macon may refer to:...
. Population (1999): 4,376.

The town grew up around the Benedictine
Benedictine

Benedictine refers to the spirituality and consecrated life in accordance with the Rule of St Benedict, written by Benedict of Nursia in the sixth century for the cenobitic communities he founded in central Italy....
 Cluny Abbey
Cluny Abbey

The Abbey of Cluny is an abbey in France.It was founded in AD 910 by William I of Aquitaine, Count of Auvergne, who installed Abbot Berno and placed the abbey under the immediate authority of Pope Sergius III....
, founded by Duke William I of Aquitaine
William I of Aquitaine

William I , called the Pious, was the Count of Auvergne from 886 and Duke of Aquitaine from 893, succeeding the Poitevin ruler Ebalus of Aquitaine....
 in A.D. 910. The monastery became the grandest, most prestigious and best endowed monastic institution in Europe. The height of Cluniac influence was from the second half of the 10th century through the early 12th.

The Cluny library was one of the most important in France and Europe during the Middle Ages.






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The town and commune of Cluny or Clugny lies in the modern-day département
Départements of France

In the context of the political and geographic organization of France and many of its former colonies, a department is an administrative division roughly analogous to an Districts of England, a Counties of the United States or a Regions and districts of Scotland....
 of Saône-et-Loire
Saône-et-Loire

Sa?ne-et-Loire is a France departments of France, named after the Sa?ne River and the Loire River rivers between which it lies....
 in the région of Bourgogne
Bourgogne

Bourgogne is one of the 26 regions of France of France.The region of Bourgogne is both larger than the old Duchy of Burgundy and smaller than the area ruled by the Duke of Burgundy....
, in east-central France
France

France , officially the French Republic , is a country whose Metropolitan France is located in Western Europe and that also comprises various Overseas departments and territories of France....
, near Mâcon
Macon

Macon may refer to:...
. Population (1999): 4,376.

The town grew up around the Benedictine
Benedictine

Benedictine refers to the spirituality and consecrated life in accordance with the Rule of St Benedict, written by Benedict of Nursia in the sixth century for the cenobitic communities he founded in central Italy....
 Cluny Abbey
Cluny Abbey

The Abbey of Cluny is an abbey in France.It was founded in AD 910 by William I of Aquitaine, Count of Auvergne, who installed Abbot Berno and placed the abbey under the immediate authority of Pope Sergius III....
, founded by Duke William I of Aquitaine
William I of Aquitaine

William I , called the Pious, was the Count of Auvergne from 886 and Duke of Aquitaine from 893, succeeding the Poitevin ruler Ebalus of Aquitaine....
 in A.D. 910. The monastery became the grandest, most prestigious and best endowed monastic institution in Europe. The height of Cluniac influence was from the second half of the 10th century through the early 12th.

The Cluny library was one of the most important in France and Europe during the Middle Ages. The abbey was sacked by the Huguenots in 1562 and many of the valuable manuscripts were destroyed or removed.

See also

  • Cluniac Reforms
    Cluniac Reforms

    The Cluniac Reform was a series of changes within medieval Christian monasticism, focused on restoring the traditional monastic life, encouraging art, and caring for the poor....
  • Name of the Rose


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