Berno von Baume
Berno von Baume (* around 850 in Burgundy ; † January 13, 927 in Cluny , France ) was the first abbot of Cluny .
He was a monk in Saint-Martin d'Autun , then in Baume-les-Messieurs . In 890 he founded the Gigny monastery on the property of his family , which he immediately subordinated to the Pope . William I , Duke of Aquitaine , entrusted him with founding a monastery under the same conditions: the Abbey of Cluny ( 910 ).
However, Berno decided not to create a new monastic rule , but instead adopted - as requested in the deed of donation from Wilhelm I - the rule of Benedict of Nursia in the form of Benedict of Aniane . However, he realized a merger of previously independent monasteries (including Déols , Massay and Souvigny ), from which the Cluniac monastery association was developed under his successor Odilo .
In 925 he resigned as Abbot of Cluny.
See also
Individual evidence
- ^ Karl Suso Frank: Cluny . In: Theologische Realenzyklopädie (TRE). Volume 8, de Gruyter, Berlin / New York 1981, ISBN 3-11-008563-1 , pp. 126-127.
| predecessor | Office | successor |
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Abbot of Cluny 919-925 |
Odo |
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| SURNAME | Berno von Baume |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Bernon |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | first abbot of Cluny |
| DATE OF BIRTH | around 850 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Burgundy |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 13, 927 |
| Place of death | Cluny |