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  ABBON OF FLEURY - LoveToKnow Article on ABBON OF FLEURY   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
After his return to France he was made abbot of Fleury on the Loire (988).
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.
Pfister, Etudes sur le regne de Robert le Pieux (1885); Cuissard-Gaucheron, " L'Ecole de Fleury-sur-Loire i la fin du loe siecle," in Memoires de la societe archeol.
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 Abbo of Fleury -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
He spent two years in (A division of the United Kingdom) England assisting Archbishop Oswald of (The English royal house (a branch of the Plantagenet line) that reigned from 1461 to 1485; its emblem was a white rose) York in restoring the monastic system.
Abbo returned to Fleury in (additional info and facts about 988) 988, where he was selected abbot of Fleury after the death of the Abbot Oilbold.
He was influential in calming the excitement and fear about the (An unpleasant or disastrous destiny) end of the world which was (additional info and facts about widespread in Europe) widespread in Europe in 1000.
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