RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Hugh of Cluny

1024 - 1109

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Hugh (13 May 1024 – 29 April 1109), sometimes called Hugh the Great or Hugh of Semur, was the Abbot of Cluny from 1049 until his death in 1109. He was one of the most influential leaders of the monastic orders from the Middle Ages. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Hugh of Cluny is the 1,173rd most popular religious figure (down from 1,030th in 2019), the 1,680th most popular biography from France (down from 1,609th in 2019) and the 82nd most popular French Religious Figure.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Hugh of Cluny ranks 1,173 out of 3,187Before him are Sai Baba of Shirdi, Jeanne Guyon, Shemon Bar Sabbae, Abo of Tiflis, 11th Dalai Lama, and Rose of Viterbo. After him are Eugène de Mazenod, Henry, Caesarius of Arles, Juan Luis Cipriani Thorne, Jayadeva, and Maria Domenica Mazzarello.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1024, Hugh of Cluny ranks 4Before him are Magnus the Good, Robert of Molesme, and Iziaslav I of Kiev. After him are Matilda of Frisia, William VIII, Duke of Aquitaine, Gagik II of Armenia, and Richard I of Capua. Among people deceased in 1109, Hugh of Cluny ranks 5Before him are Anselm of Canterbury, Alfonso VI of León and Castile, Eupraxia of Kiev, and Alberic of Cîteaux. After him are Fulk IV, Count of Anjou, and Svatopluk, Duke of Bohemia.

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In France

Among people born in France, Hugh of Cluny ranks 1,680 out of 6,770Before him are Catherine-Dominique de Pérignon (1754), Auguste Bravais (1811), Raimbaut de Vaqueiras (1165), Audrey Tautou (1976), Louis Joseph, Duke of Vendôme (1654), and Yolande of Valois (1434). After him are Roger Lemerre (1941), Gersonides (1288), Eugène de Mazenod (1782), Adélaïde d'Orléans (1777), Everard des Barres (1113), and Elliott Erwitt (1928).

Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In France

Among religious figures born in France, Hugh of Cluny ranks 82Before him are Jacques Paul Migne (1800), La Voisin (1640), Alberic of Cîteaux (1001), Louis of Toulouse (1274), Yves Congar (1904), and Jeanne Guyon (1648). After him are Eugène de Mazenod (1782), Caesarius of Arles (470), Vincent of Lérins (400), Arnaud Amalric (1160), Henri de Lubac (1896), and Adhemar of Le Puy (1055).