“The Clothing” of Saint William of Gellone, also known as Guillaume d’Orange, also known as William of Aquitaine.
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William of Gellone (755 A.D. - 814 A.D.), the Mediæval William of Orange,[1] was the 2nd Duke of Toulouse from 790 A.D. until 811 A.D.
In 804 A.D., he Founded the Abbey of Gellone. He was Canonised a Saint in 1066 by Pope Alexander II.[2]
In the 10th Century or the 11th-Century,[3] a Latin hagiography, the “Vita Sancti Willelmi”, was composed.
In the 10th Century or the 11th-Century,[3] a Latin hagiography, the “Vita Sancti Willelmi”, was composed.
Saint William Of Gellone.
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By the 12th-Century, William’s legend had grown. He is the hero of an entire cycle of Chansons de Geste, the earliest of which is the Chanson de Guillaume of about 1140.
In the Chansons, he is nicknamed Fièrebrace (Fierce, or, Strong Arm)[4] due to his apparent strength, and the “Marquis au Court Nez” (Margrave with the Short Nose) as the result of an injury suffered in battle with a giant.
William was born in North France, in the Mid-8th-Century, to Thierry IV, Count of Autun, and his wife Aldana.[5] He was a relative of Charlemagne.
William was born in North France, in the Mid-8th-Century, to Thierry IV, Count of Autun, and his wife Aldana.[5] He was a relative of Charlemagne.
In 804 A.D., he Founded the Abbey in Gellone (now Saint-Guilhem-le-Désert), near Lodève in the Diocese of Maguelonne.
He granted property to Gellone and placed the Monastery under the general control of Benedict of Aniane, whose Monastery was nearby.[7]
Among his gifts to the Abbey that he Founded, was a piece of the True Cross, a present from his cousin, Charlemagne.
Charlemagne had received the Relic from the Patriarch of Jerusalem, according to the “Vita” [Editor: “The Life”] of William.
In 806 A.D., William retired to Gellone as a Monk, and died there[7] on 28 May 814. When he died, it was said the Bells at Orange rang on their own accord.
In 806 A.D., William retired to Gellone as a Monk, and died there[7] on 28 May 814. When he died, it was said the Bells at Orange rang on their own accord.
16th-Century Stained-Glass Window in the Catholic Church
of Saint-Martin, Montmorency, France, depicting Saint William of Montmorency and Saint William of Aquitaine.
Bleiglasfenster (16. Jahrhundert), katholischen Pfarrkirche Saint-Martin, Montmorency, Frankreich. Guillaume de Montmorency und der hl. Wilhelm von Aquitanien.
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So many Pilgrims were attracted to Gellone, that his corpse was exhumed from the modest site in the Narthex and given a more prominent place under the Choir, to the intense dissatisfaction of the Abbey of Aniane.
A number of forged documents and assertions were produced on each side that leave details of actual history doubtful.
Gellone Abbey was a major stop for Pilgrims on their way to Santiago de Compostela. Its Late-12th-Century Romanesque Cloister, systematically dismantled during the French Revolution, found its way to The Cloisters in New York.
The Sacramentary of Gellone, dating to the Late-8th-Century, is a famous manuscript.
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