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  Abbo of Fleury - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
945~950 to - 13 November 1004) was a monk, and later abbot, of the Benedictine monastery of Fleury sur Loire (the modern Saint-Benoit-sur-Loire) near Orléans, France.
Abbo returned to Fleury in 988, where he was selected abbot of Fleury after the death of the Abbot Oilbold.
His biography, written by his disciple Aimoin of Fleury, in which much of Abbo's correspondence was reproduced, is of great importance as a historical source of information for the reign of Robert II, especially with reference to the Papacy.
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 St. Abbon
945; died at Fleury, 13 November, 1004, a monk of the Benedictine monastery of Fleury sur Loire (Fleuret), conspicuous both for learning and sanctity, and one of the great lights of the Church in the stormy times of Hugh Capet of France and of the three Ottos of Germany.
On the death of the Abbot Oilbold, Abbon was selected to succeed him, but one of the monks who had secured the support of the King and his son Robert, the Bishop of Orléans, contested the choice, and the matter assumed national importance in the political forces it brought into play.
It was finally settled by the famous Gerbert (later Pope Sylvester II) in favour of Abbon.
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After his return to France he was made abbot of Fleury on the Loire (988).
He was twice sent to Rome by King Robert the Pious (986, 996), and on each occasion succeeded in warding off a threatened papal interdict.
His life, written by his disciple Aimoin of Fleury, in which much of Abbon's correspondence was reproduced, is of great importance as a source for the reign of Robert II., especially with reference to the papacy (cf.
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 AllRefer.com - Abbo of Fleury (Roman Catholic And Orthodox Churches: General Biography) - Encyclopedia
Abbon de Fleury, 945?–1004, French monk at the abbey of Fleury (at present-day Saint-BenoIt-sur-Loire, France).
Head of the monastery school, he later taught at the abbey in Ramsey, England, and in 988 became abbot at Fleury.
He defended his monastery against domination by the high clergy and also served as a diplomat for King Robert II of France.
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As abbot of Fleury, Abbo attended the Synod of Basel and assisted Pope Gregory V, who had been expelled by the antipope John XVI.
Abbo was also instrumental in calming thousands who believed the world would come to a catastrophic end at the start of the year 1000.
Abbo was noted as a philosopher and scholar, especially in the fields of astronomy and mathematics, and wrote a life of St. Edmund.
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 CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: St. Abbon
He was present at the Synod of St. Basolus (St. Basle), near Reims, at which Archbishop Arnolf was tried for treason and deposed, to make way for Gerbert.
When the question arose about the marriage of Robert the Pious and Bertha, Abbon was commissioned to arrange it with the Pope.
In 1004 he attempted to restore discipline in the monastery of La Reole, in Gascony, by transferring some of the monks of Fleury into that community.
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 Abbo of Fleury
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