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Robert of Arbrissel

French abbot

6 dated entries naming Robert of Arbrissel, drawn from 6 separate years between 1045 CE and 1116 CE. Nothing here is written by us: each line is the sentence a Wikipedia year article used, and the link beside it opens the exact revision.

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11th century

  • 1045Robert of Arbrissel (d. 1116), Bretonic preacher and founder of Fontevraud Abbeysource
  • 1078A church council in Poitiers deposes Bishop Sylvester of Rennes who had bought his office in 1076. This leads also to the flight of Robert of Arbrissel to Paris where he begins his studies.source
  • 1096February – Robert of Arbrissel founds a monastery at La Roë.source
  • 1100November – The council of Poitiers decrees that the followers of Robert of Arbrissel have to settle down and live under a rule, leading to the foundation of Fontevraud Abbey.source

12th century

  • 1101Fontevraud Abbey is founded by the French preacher Robert of Arbrissel.source
  • 1116Robert of Arbrissel, founder of Fontevrault Abbeysource