Benedict of Chiusa
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Benedict of Chiusa was a travelling Lombard
scholar-monk of the 11th century. He is known chiefly from his memorable appearance in the Historia Francorum of Adémar de Chabannes
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Adémar describes a speech made by Benedict at a council of the bishops of Aquitaine in 1028. In it, Benedict describes himself as the nephew and designated successor of the Abbot of Chiusa.
In subsequent debate, Benedict challenged Adémar's promotion of Saint Martial
and the willingness of the saint's adherents in Aquitaine to believe that he had been one of the original apostles. Adémar's reputation was temporarily damaged as a result.
Lombardy
Lombardy is one of the 20 regions of Italy. The capital is Milan. One-sixth of Italy's population lives in Lombardy and about one fifth of Italy's GDP is produced in this region, making it the most populous and richest region in the country and one of the richest in the whole of Europe...
scholar-monk of the 11th century. He is known chiefly from his memorable appearance in the Historia Francorum of Adémar de Chabannes
Adémar de Chabannes
Adémar de Chabannes was an eleventh-century French monk, a historian who wrote the first annals to have been compiled in Aquitaine since Late Antiquity, a musical composer and a successful literary forger....
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Adémar describes a speech made by Benedict at a council of the bishops of Aquitaine in 1028. In it, Benedict describes himself as the nephew and designated successor of the Abbot of Chiusa.
In subsequent debate, Benedict challenged Adémar's promotion of Saint Martial
Saint Martial
Saint Martial was the first bishop of Limoges in today's France, according to a lost vita of Saturnin, first bishop of Toulouse, which Gregory of Tours quotes in his History of the Franks.-Life:...
and the willingness of the saint's adherents in Aquitaine to believe that he had been one of the original apostles. Adémar's reputation was temporarily damaged as a result.