jan 1, 909 - Cluny Founded
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Duke William III gave some land and his favorite hunting shack to a monk named Berno. This became Cluny Abbey and became the center of a vast monastic reform for hundreds of years. The focused on prayer and the Divine Office instead of work, but became a center of vitality amidst a corrupt church.
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