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Showing posts with label Peter the Venerable. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Peter the Venerable. Show all posts
16 February 2026

Honorius and Conflicts, Part 3

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After making a deal with Roger II of Sicily , Pope Honorius II turned his attention back to focusing on monasteries he felt were too powerf...
29 December 2025

Henry's Choice

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Life was good for Henry of Blois. His brother Stephen was the king of England, Henry was not only Abbot of Glastonbury Abbey and Bishop of W...
23 August 2025

The Medieval Protestant

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Peter of Bruys is known to us because of the writings of two of his enemies. He was born in southeastern France and became a Roman Catholic ...
22 August 2025

More Heresy

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After being slapped down at the Council of Pisa in 1135, Henry of Lausanne refused an invitation to join St. Bernard at Clairvaux, opting ...
21 August 2025

Henry of Lausanne

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When Bishop Hildebert returned to Le Mans after his visit to Rome (to ask the pope to let him resign from his position), he faced a situati...
10 October 2024

Peter the Venerable

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Peter of Montboissier was born to a woman who was called "Blessed Raingarde" (she was revered as saintly but not formally canonize...
09 October 2024

Alberic of Ostia

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Alberic started in Beauvais in France but went everywhere once he became a papal legate. Born in 1080, he entered Cluny and became a Benedic...
08 January 2023

Bernard of Clairvaux

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Like many well-known theologians/priests in the Middle Ages, Bernard of Clairvaux was born to a wealthy family. This was in Burgundy in 1090...