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abbot

abbas la

Religious title, superior of a community of monks, often an abbey

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Its tenures overlap throughout — a roll of holders, not a line.

  • 142 holders
  • 76 overlapping pairs
  • 107 undated
  1. until 1479 CE Francesco Gonzaga (1444-1483) Cardinal of the Catholic Church, Bishop of Brixen and Apostolic Administrator of Mantua and Bologna
  2. 675 CE – 705 CE Aldhelm abbot of Malmesbury Abbey, bishop of Sherborne, Latin poet Recognised by Malmesbury Abbey
  3. 679 CE – 704 CE Adomnán hagiographer, statesman, clerical lawyer
  4. 794 CE – 814 CE Angilbert Frank/served Charlemagne as diplomat/abbot/poet/semi-son-in-law
  5. 796 CE – 19 May 804 CE Alcuin 8th-century Northumbrian scholar, clergyman, poet, and teacher
  6. 820 CE – 855 CE Drogo illegitimate son of Frankish emperor Charlemagne by the concubine Regina, bishop of Metz
  7. 822 CE – 844 CE Hugh abbot of Saint-Quentin, son of Charlemagne
  8. 836 CE – 844 CE Hugh abbot of Saint-Quentin, son of Charlemagne
  9. 836 CE – 844 CE Hugh abbot of Saint-Quentin, son of Charlemagne
  10. 966 CE – 968 CE Adalbert French saint, archbishop and missionary (c.910–981)
  11. 982 CE – 984 CE Sylvester II Pope of the Catholic Church from 938 to 1003
  12. 1021 CE – 1030 CE Gerard of Csanád Italian Benedictine monk, founder bishop of Roman Catholic Diocese of (Szeged-)Csanád, and martyr
  13. 1069 CE – 1091 CE William of Hirsau German abbot and theologian
  14. 1080 CE – 1082 CE William of Hirsau German abbot and theologian
  15. from 1120 CE Rupert of Deutz abbot, theologian, exegete and writer on liturgical and musical topics (1075–1129)
  16. 2 February 1361 CE – 1364 CE Urban V pope of the Catholic Church from 1362 to 1370
  17. 1441 CE – 1464 CE Paul II pope of the Catholic Church from 1464 to 1471
  18. 1455 CE – 1472 CE Basilios Bessarion Greek theologian, cardinal bishop and Latin Patriarch of Constantinople (1403-1472)
  19. 1456 CE – 1468 CE Juan de Torquemada spansich Dominican and cardinal (1388-1468)
  20. 1456 CE – 1462 CE Guillaume d'Estouteville French monk, archbishop and cardinal
  21. 1459 CE – 1464 CE Guillaume d'Estouteville French monk, archbishop and cardinal
  22. 1460 CE – 1483 CE Guillaume d'Estouteville French monk, archbishop and cardinal
  23. 1471 CE – 1492 CE Alexander VI pope of the Catholic Church 1492–1503 from the Borgia family (1430/32-1503)
  24. 1475 CE – 1483 CE Guillaume d'Estouteville French monk, archbishop and cardinal
  25. 1487 CE – 1495 CE Leo X pope from 1513 to 1521 (1475-1521)
  26. 1503 CE Georges d'Amboise Cardinal and minister of state (1460-1510)
  27. 1516 CE – 1521 CE Clement VII pope of the Catholic Church from 1523 to 1534 (1478–1534)
  28. 1537 CE – 1541 CE Charles, Cardinal de Bourbon Catholic cardinal (1523–1590)
  29. 1548 CE – 1565 CE Charles, Cardinal de Bourbon Catholic cardinal (1523–1590)
  30. 1565 CE – 1570 CE Charles, Cardinal de Bourbon Catholic cardinal (1523–1590)
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  1. 1591 CE – 1594 CE Charles II de Bourbon-Vendôme Roman Catholic cardinal
  2. 1630 CE – 1643 CE Benedetto Castelli Italian mathematician (*1577/78 – †1643)
  3. 1630 CE – 1643 CE Benedetto Castelli Italian mathematician (*1577/78 – †1643)
  4. from 1637 CE Ingen Buddhist monk (1592-1673)
  5. from 1646 CE Ingen Buddhist monk (1592-1673)

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