William of Gellone
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title:
William of Gellone
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William of Gellone, the medieval William of Orange, was the second Duke of Toulouse from 790 until 811. In 804, he founded the abbey of Gellone. He was canonized a saint in 1066 by Pope Alexander II. In the tenth or eleventh century, a Latin hagiography, the Vita sancti Willelmi, was composed. By the twelfth 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
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French Roman Catholic saint
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_of_Gellone
date created:
2004-12-16T13:55:50Z
date modified:
2024-09-05T23:08:21Z
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