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Abbo of Fleury

Abbo of Fleury , Fr. Abbon de Fleury, 945?-1004, French monk at the abbey of Fleury (at present-day Saint-Benoît-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. Abbo wrote on grammar, astronomy, mathematics, and philosophy.

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Abbo of Fleury (?945–1004), a French theologian, author of the Epitome de Vitis Romanorum Pontificum and of lives of the saints.

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Abbo, St (c.945–1004), or ‘Abbon’, Abbot of Fleury from 988. He supported the Cluniac reform and was killed in a revolt occasioned by the reform of the priory of La Réole in Gascony. His letters are a valuable source for the relations between France and the Papacy. He also wrote on logic, mathematics, and astronomy, and an Epitome of the Lives of the Popes. Feast day, 13 Nov.

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