In this paper attention is focused upon two enamelled plaques which have been identified with the high altar at Grandmont and are now in the Mus茅e Cluny. Consideration is given to the Grandmontine writings and to the personalities of the saint, his disciple, Hugh de Lacerta, and the priors...
Traditionally, historians have assumed that Hildebrand was amonk. The only question seemed to be whether he became a monk in Rome or later, during his exile on a possible visit to the famous abbey ofClunyin Burgundy (region of present-day France). The latter theory, based on the writings ...
Hugh of Cluny, who by virtue of their reputations exercised great influence upon their immediate surroundings and thus prepared the way for the acceptance of measures to reform Christian society. Britannica Quiz Pop Quiz: 19 Things to Know About Christianity These men succeeded in transforming the ...
ofMilanto arbitrate the struggle between thearchbishopand thePatarines, who wereoverzealousin their attacks on clerical concubinage. In 1063 he traveled to the monastery ofCluny(now inFrance) to serve as arbiter in the dispute between AbbotHugh(St. Hugh of Cluny) and Bishop Drogo of Mâcon ...