Cluny Abbey is located in France. It was founded by Benedictine monks in the town of Cluny. Today, very few of the original buildings still stand due to fire and war.
The Cluny Abbey is a Benedictine monastery in Cluny, Saône-et-Loire, France.
Prosper Lorain has written: 'Histoire de l'abbaye de Cluny' -- subject(s): Cluny (Benedictine abbey)
St. Odo (879-942), organized the reform of monasticism in France at Cluny in 927 to return to the strict rule of St. Benedict, the pursuit of personal sanctity, chanting the Divine Office in choir, solemnity in divine worship, and corresponding reduction of manual labor. (extracted from Modern Catholic Dictionary) by Fr. Hardon, S.J.
Benedictine Confederation
St. Benedict of Nursia founded the order.
Clunian
Jean Virey has written: 'L' abbaye de Cluny' -- subject(s): Cluny (Benedictine abbey), Description, Description and travel 'Saint-Philibert de Tournus' -- subject(s): France Tournus, Tournus, France. St. Philibert (Church)
A Cluniac monk.
Benedict founded the Benedictine monastic order.
St. Benedict of Nursia founded the order that became known as the Benedictines.
The Cistercians are monks, while the Franciscans and Dominicans are both friars, the only thing that they have in common is that they are all religious Orders of the Catholic Church. The Cistercians were a reform of the Benedictine monasteries of the Cluny family which started in 1098 with St. Bernard of Clairvaux. The Franciscans and Dominicans were founded from nothing by St. Francis and St. Dominic (respectively) in 1209 and 1216.