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Although monks traditionally led a frugal life, the monks at Cluny Abbey were well taken care of. There were solid gold and silver chalices with gems for mass. Monks usually ate porridge and broth, but not the monks at Cluny Abbey. They enjoyed wine, cheese and roasted chicken. They wore silk and linen clothing for mass. The monks at Cluny Abbey devoted most of their time to prayer and did not have to do physical labour.

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Pope Urabn II named Abbey Cluny the ‘light of the world" in 1098.

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1. Whatever was left of Cluny Abbey was sold afterwards. It sold for approximately 2,140,000 francs (almost the same in U.S. dollars) in 1798.

2. The library in Cluny Abbey was at one time considered to be the most important and the riches library in all of Europe. It contained many important and valuable books (manuscripts).

3. Other French monuments were influenced by Cluny Abbey including La Charite-sur-Loire, Autun Cathedral and Paray-le-Monial

4. Much of Cluny Abbey was designed with Romanesque architecture. It even held Romanesque sculptures that are considered to be masterpieces today.

5. Cluny Abbey had the largest church in the world until St. Peter's Basilica was built in the 17th century.

6. Cluny Abbey was founded by Benedictine monks. It wasn"t until the 11th century that women were admitted to the order.

7. The church in Cluny Abbey stood at an amazing 656 feet in height.

8. Proof of the wealth of the abbey can be seen at the Musee de Cluny in Paris, where there are artifacts on display.

9. In 1562 the abbey was attacked by the Huguenot and many of the books in the library were destroyed or stolen. The stolen books could not be recollected as they fell into private hands.

10. Abbot Berno was the first Abbot of the abbey, who served directly under Pope Sergius III.

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In the 12th century, Cluny Abbey had at least 10,000 monks! It was considered to be the ‘monastic empire".

Beginning in the 12th century the abbey began to have serious financial problems. It's thought that the financial trouble began because of the cost of building the third abbey. The amount of money that was donated to the poor also increased during this time as well, which was a strain on abbey funds.

In the 1790s, the French Revolution is blamed for the destruction of most of the abbey.

Napoleon used the material from the ruined abbey to build a horse-breeding center in 1806.

Today a small portion of the third church and the bell tower remain.