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William of Volpiano

Index William of Volpiano

Saint William of Volpiano (Italian: Guglielmo da Volpiano; French: Guillaume de Volpiano; English: William of Dijon, William of Saint Benignus) (June/July 962 – January 1, 1031) was an Italian monastic reformer and architect. [1]

31 relations: Abbey, Abbey of Saint-Germain-des-Prés, Antiphonary of St. Benigne, Benignus of Dijon, Burgundy, Chapel, Citadel, Cluniac Reforms, Cluny Abbey, Crypt, Death by natural causes, Dijon Cathedral, Duchy of Lorraine, Duke of Normandy, Fécamp Abbey, General contractor, Isola San Giulio, Lake Orta, Majolus of Cluny, Mont Saint-Michel, Normandy, Order of Saint Benedict, Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor, Piedmont, Province of Novara, Rhône, Richard II, Duke of Normandy, Romanesque architecture, Seine-Maritime, Tonary, Vercelli.

Abbey

An abbey is a complex of buildings used by members of a religious order under the governance of an abbot or abbess.

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Abbey of Saint-Germain-des-Prés

The Benedictine Abbey of Saint-Germain-des-Prés, just beyond the outskirts of early medieval Paris, was the burial place of Merovingian kings of Neustria.

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Antiphonary of St. Benigne

The Antiphonary tonary missal of St.

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Benignus of Dijon

Saint Benignus of Dijon (Saint Bénigne) was a martyr honored as the patron saint and first herald of Christianity of Dijon, Burgundy (Roman Divio).

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Burgundy

Burgundy (Bourgogne) is a historical territory and a former administrative region of France.

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Chapel

The term chapel usually refers to a Christian place of prayer and worship that is attached to a larger, often nonreligious institution or that is considered an extension of a primary religious institution.

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Citadel

A citadel is the core fortified area of a town or city.

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Cluniac Reforms

The Cluniac Reforms (also called the Benedictine Reform) were a series of changes within medieval monasticism of the Western Church focused on restoring the traditional monastic life, encouraging art, and caring for the poor.

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Cluny Abbey

Cluny Abbey (formerly also Cluni, or Clugny) is a former Benedictine monastery in Cluny, Saône-et-Loire, France.

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Crypt

A crypt (from Latin crypta "vault") is a stone chamber beneath the floor of a church or other building.

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Death by natural causes

A death by natural causes, as recorded by coroners and on death certificates and associated documents, is the end result of an illness or an internal malfunction of the body not directly caused by external forces, typically due to old age.

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Dijon Cathedral

The Cathedral of Saint Benignus of Dijon (Cathédrale Saint-Bénigne de Dijon), commonly known as Dijon Cathedral, is a Roman Catholic church located in the town of Dijon, Burgundy, France.

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Duchy of Lorraine

The Duchy of Lorraine (Lorraine; Lothringen), originally Upper Lorraine, was a duchy now included in the larger present-day region of Lorraine in northeastern France.

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Duke of Normandy

In the Middle Ages, the Duke of Normandy was the ruler of the Duchy of Normandy in north-western France.

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Fécamp Abbey

Fécamp Abbey (Abbaye de la Trinité de Fécamp) is a Benedictine abbey in Fécamp, Seine-Maritime, Upper Normandy, France.

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General contractor

A general contractor (main contractor, prime contractor) is responsible for the day-to-day oversight of a construction site, management of vendors and trades, and the communication of information to all involved parties throughout the course of a building project.

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Isola San Giulio

Isola San Giulio or San Giulio Island (Italian: Isola di San Giulio) is an island within Lake Orta in Piedmont, northwestern Italy.

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Lake Orta

Lake Orta (Italian: Lago d’Orta) is a lake in northern Italy, west of Lake Maggiore.

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Majolus of Cluny

Saint Majolus of Cluny (Maieul, Mayeul, Mayeule) (c. 906 – May 11, 994) was an abbot of Cluny.

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Mont Saint-Michel

Mont-Saint-Michel (Norman: Mont Saint Miché) is an island commune in Normandy, France.

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Normandy

Normandy (Normandie,, Norman: Normaundie, from Old French Normanz, plural of Normant, originally from the word for "northman" in several Scandinavian languages) is one of the 18 regions of France, roughly referring to the historical Duchy of Normandy.

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Order of Saint Benedict

The Order of Saint Benedict (OSB; Latin: Ordo Sancti Benedicti), also known as the Black Monksin reference to the colour of its members' habitsis a Catholic religious order of independent monastic communities that observe the Rule of Saint Benedict.

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Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor

Otto I (23 November 912 – 7 May 973), traditionally known as Otto the Great (Otto der Große, Ottone il Grande), was German king from 936 and Holy Roman Emperor from 962 until his death in 973.

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Piedmont

Piedmont (Piemonte,; Piedmontese, Occitan and Piemont; Piémont) is a region in northwest Italy, one of the 20 regions of the country.

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Province of Novara

Novara (It. Provincia di Novara) is a province in the Piedmont region of Italy.

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Rhône

The Rhône (Le Rhône; Rhone; Walliser German: Rotten; Rodano; Rôno; Ròse) is one of the major rivers of Europe and has twice the average discharge of the Loire (which is the longest French river), rising in the Rhône Glacier in the Swiss Alps at the far eastern end of the Swiss canton of Valais, passing through Lake Geneva and running through southeastern France.

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Richard II, Duke of Normandy

Richard II (unknown – 28 August 1026), called the Good (French: Le Bon), was the eldest son and heir of Richard I the Fearless and Gunnora.

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Romanesque architecture

Romanesque architecture is an architectural style of medieval Europe characterized by semi-circular arches.

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Seine-Maritime

Seine-Maritime is a department of France in the Normandy region of northern France.

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Tonary

A tonary is a liturgical book in the Western Christian Church which lists by incipit various items of Gregorian chant according to the Gregorian mode (tonus) of their melodies within the eight-mode system.

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Vercelli

Vercelli (Vërsèj in Piedmontese), is a city and comune of 46.552 inhabitants (1-1-2017) in the Province of Vercelli, Piedmont, northern Italy.

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Redirects here:

Guglielmo da Volpiano, Guillaume de Volpiano, William de Volpiano, William of Dijon, William of Saint Benignus, William of Saint-Begnine, William of Saint-Benigne, William, Abbot of St. Benignus.

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_of_Volpiano

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