Office Christianity
abbot
abbas la
Religious title, superior of a community of monks, often an abbey
A seat,
and those
who held it.
Holders in order
Overview
From Wikipedia, quoted unmodified under CC BY-SA 4.0; the article’s history is its list of authors.
Succession in office
Everyone recorded as holding it
Its tenures overlap throughout — a roll of holders, not a line.
- 142 holders
- 76 overlapping pairs
- 107 undated
What this means
Who held an office after whom. Not parentage, not discipleship, and not universally recognised — offices are contested.
Does not imply recognition by every tradition · an uncontested claim · parentage · discipleship · an explanation of why the succession happened
Holding an office after someone says nothing about being related to them or taught by them. Where a line is also a family, both are on the holders’ own pages as separate sections.
A gap is a vacancy, an interregnum or a hole in the record; an overlap is rival claims or an office held by more than one at once. The records do not say which, so neither is resolved here. A gap shorter than two years sits inside the precision of year-dated records and is not marked. This office’s tenures overlap throughout, so it is listed as a roll in order of start rather than drawn as a line.
Why a succession happened is a historical argument. Where sources make one, it belongs in a reviewed connection with its citations — not in this order, and not in a predecessor field.
Recognition is never universal. Where a card names no recognising body, none is recorded — which is not the same as none.
Imported from Wikidata unless a card says otherwise. Nothing here has been read by an editor.
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until 1479 CE Francesco Gonzaga (1444-1483) Cardinal of the Catholic Church, Bishop of Brixen and Apostolic Administrator of Mantua and Bologna -
675 CE – 705 CE Aldhelm abbot of Malmesbury Abbey, bishop of Sherborne, Latin poet Recognised by Malmesbury Abbey Has references -
679 CE – 704 CE Adomnán hagiographer, statesman, clerical lawyer -
794 CE – 814 CE Angilbert Frank/served Charlemagne as diplomat/abbot/poet/semi-son-in-law Has references -
796 CE – 19 May 804 CE Alcuin 8th-century Northumbrian scholar, clergyman, poet, and teacher -
820 CE – 855 CE Drogo illegitimate son of Frankish emperor Charlemagne by the concubine Regina, bishop of Metz Has references - 836 CE – 844 CE Hugh abbot of Saint-Quentin, son of Charlemagne
- 836 CE – 844 CE Hugh abbot of Saint-Quentin, son of Charlemagne
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982 CE – 984 CE Sylvester II Pope of the Catholic Church from 938 to 1003 -
1021 CE – 1030 CE Gerard of Csanád Italian Benedictine monk, founder bishop of Roman Catholic Diocese of (Szeged-)Csanád, and martyr Has references -
from 1120 CE Rupert of Deutz abbot, theologian, exegete and writer on liturgical and musical topics (1075–1129) Has references -
2 February 1361 CE – 1364 CE Urban V pope of the Catholic Church from 1362 to 1370 -
1441 CE – 1464 CE Paul II pope of the Catholic Church from 1464 to 1471 -
1455 CE – 1472 CE Basilios Bessarion Greek theologian, cardinal bishop and Latin Patriarch of Constantinople (1403-1472) -
1456 CE – 1468 CE Juan de Torquemada spansich Dominican and cardinal (1388-1468) -
1456 CE – 1462 CE Guillaume d'Estouteville French monk, archbishop and cardinal
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1459 CE – 1464 CE Guillaume d'Estouteville French monk, archbishop and cardinal
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1460 CE – 1483 CE Guillaume d'Estouteville French monk, archbishop and cardinal
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1471 CE – 1492 CE Alexander VI pope of the Catholic Church 1492–1503 from the Borgia family (1430/32-1503) -
1475 CE – 1483 CE Guillaume d'Estouteville French monk, archbishop and cardinal
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1487 CE – 1495 CE Leo X pope from 1513 to 1521 (1475-1521) -
1503 CE Georges d'Amboise Cardinal and minister of state (1460-1510) -
1516 CE – 1521 CE Clement VII pope of the Catholic Church from 1523 to 1534 (1478–1534) -
1537 CE – 1541 CE Charles, Cardinal de Bourbon Catholic cardinal (1523–1590) -
1548 CE – 1565 CE Charles, Cardinal de Bourbon Catholic cardinal (1523–1590) -
1565 CE – 1570 CE Charles, Cardinal de Bourbon Catholic cardinal (1523–1590)
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1591 CE – 1594 CE Charles II de Bourbon-Vendôme Roman Catholic cardinal -
from 1637 CE Ingen Buddhist monk (1592-1673) -
from 1646 CE Ingen Buddhist monk (1592-1673)
No dates recorded 107
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Dates unrecorded Bernard of Clairvaux Burgundian saint, abbot and theologian (1090–1153) Has references -
Dates unrecorded Anselm of Canterbury 11th‑century Benedictine monk, Archbishop of Canterbury, philosopher and theologian Has references -
Dates unrecorded Chad of Mercia Archbishop of York; Bishop of Lichfield -
Dates unrecorded Ildephonsus of Toledo scholar and theologian -
Dates unrecorded Giuseppe Parini Italian poet -
Dates unrecorded Saint Giles 7th-century Greek hermit and abbot, Catholic saint, one of the Fourteen Holy Helpers Has references -
Dates unrecorded Saint Procopius of Sázava Czech abbot (end of 10th century-1053) -
Dates unrecorded Columba 6th‑century Gaelic Irish missionary monk, Christian saint, pioneer of Celtic Christianity in Scotland and “Apostle of the Picts” Has references
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Dates unrecorded Dimitry of Rostov Orthodox monk, archbishop and saint (1651-1709) -
Dates unrecorded Illtud 6th-century Welsh saint -
Dates unrecorded Abbot Suger French abbot-statesmen, historian and the influential first patron of Gothic architecture (1080-1151) Has references -
Dates unrecorded Rangjung Rigpe Dorje, 16th Karmapa Karmapas (1924–1981) -
Dates unrecorded Gildas 6th-century British monk, writer and saint -
Dates unrecorded Kolos Ferenc Vaszary Hungarian cardinal (1832–1915) -
Dates unrecorded Joseph Volotsky Russian saint -
Dates unrecorded Arnold of Brescia Canon regular and revolutionary
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Dates unrecorded Kevin of Glendalough Irish saint
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Dates unrecorded Giovanni Bona Catholic cardinal -
Dates unrecorded Ignatius of Constantinople 9th century Patriarch of Constantinople -
Dates unrecorded Ikkyū Sōjun Japanese Buddhist monk (1394–1481) -
Dates unrecorded Gertrude of Hackeborn Cistercian abbess -
Dates unrecorded Saint Boniface 8th‑century Anglo‑Saxon bishop and missionary, Catholic saint and martyr, known as the ‘Apostle to the Germans’ -
Dates unrecorded Martin of Braga bishop of Dumium
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Dates unrecorded Mellitus Archbishop of Canterbury; Bishop of London -
Dates unrecorded Alexander Rudnay Slovak cardinal and roman catholic archbishop (1760–1831) -
Dates unrecorded Marie Theodor Ratisbonne Jewish convert and Catholic priest and founder (1802–1884) Has references -
Dates unrecorded Patrick Hamilton Scottish clergyman and martyr; (1504–1528) -
Dates unrecorded Gregory XVI Pope of the Catholic Church from 1831 to 1846 (1765–1846) -
Dates unrecorded Gotthard of Hildesheim 11th‑century German Benedictine abbot and bishop of Hildesheim, Cluniac reformer and Catholic saint Has references -
Dates unrecorded Francesco Maria del Monte cardinal and patron of music and art in Rome -
Dates unrecorded Wilfrid Christian saint, Bishop of York from 664 to 678 -
Dates unrecorded Alfredo Ildefonso Schuster Metropolitan Archbishop of Milan and Cardinal of the Catholic Church, beatified in 1996 Has references
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Dates unrecorded Adrian IV Pope from 1154 to 1159 -
Dates unrecorded Joachim of Fiore Italian abbot -
Dates unrecorded Giovanni Visconti Archbishop & Lord of Milan -
Dates unrecorded Sergius of Radonezh Russian saint (1314-1392) -
Dates unrecorded Benedict Biscop Anglo-Saxon abbot -
Dates unrecorded Cedd Bishop of London; Saint -
Dates unrecorded Klymentiy Sheptytsky Ukrainian Catholic monk and political prisoner (1869–1951) Has references -
Dates unrecorded Otto of Freising Austrian medieval chronicler (1112 ca. – 1158) -
Dates unrecorded Thomas Keating American Trappist monk (1923–2018) -
Dates unrecorded Buton Rinchen Drub Tibetan Buddhist leader and Sakya master (1290–1364) - Dates unrecorded Adrian of Canterbury Abbot of Canterbury
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Dates unrecorded Theodoros of Tabenna Egyptian monk (-368)
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Dates unrecorded Ciarán of Clonmacnoise Irish bishop -
Dates unrecorded Dorotheus of Gaza ancient Greek monk -
Dates unrecorded Elisabeth of the Palatinate German princess, philosopher, and Calvinist (1618–1680) - Dates unrecorded Wala of Corbie Advisor to Charlemagne
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Dates unrecorded Karol Ferdynand Vasa Polish Prince-Bishop
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Dates unrecorded Karol Ferdynand Vasa Polish Prince-Bishop
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Dates unrecorded Józef Andrzej Załuski Polish bishop (1702-1774) -
Dates unrecorded Carlo de' Medici priest -
Dates unrecorded Bruno the Great Archbishop of Cologne -
Dates unrecorded Ramiro II of Aragon King of Aragon and monk - Dates unrecorded Nithard Frankish historian
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Dates unrecorded Armand Jean Le Bouthillier Rancé Founder of the Trappist Order -
Dates unrecorded Louis Anton of Pfalz-Neuburg Roman Catholic bishop (1660-1694) -
Dates unrecorded Leodegar Bishop of Autun -
Dates unrecorded Peter Damian eleventh-century Benedictine monk
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Dates unrecorded John Cassian Christian monk and theologian -
Dates unrecorded Paschal I pope -
Dates unrecorded Victor III head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 1086 to 1087 Has references -
Dates unrecorded Magnus of Füssen missionary saint in southern Germany - Dates unrecorded Ælfric of Eynsham English abbot and prolific writer in Old English of hagiography, homilies and biblical commentaries (c.955-c.1010) Has references
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Dates unrecorded Aaron of Aleth Abbot, hermit, monk -
Dates unrecorded Raymond of Fitero Monk and abbot -
Dates unrecorded Saint Pirmin German saint -
Dates unrecorded Theodosius the Cenobiarch Byzantine saint -
Dates unrecorded Saint Savvas the Sanctified Byzantine monk -
Dates unrecorded Euthymius the Great Armenian Christian abbot and hermit (377-473)
Sources
Sources and evidence
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