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... Peter the Venerable ( 1122–57 ) , five great men , covered between them a span of two hundred and eleven years . Maieul , Odilo , Hugh and Peter were by birth aristocrats , and the friends and counsellors of emperors , kings , dukes and ...
... Peter the Venerable ( 1122–57 ) , five great men , covered between them a span of two hundred and eleven years . Maieul , Odilo , Hugh and Peter were by birth aristocrats , and the friends and counsellors of emperors , kings , dukes and ...
Page 79
... Peter , later to be known as the Venerable . Peter was an excellent foil to Bernard . While both were aristocrats , gifted rulers of men and zealous monks , Peter was conciliatory , moderate , gentle , considerate and conservative ...
... Peter , later to be known as the Venerable . Peter was an excellent foil to Bernard . While both were aristocrats , gifted rulers of men and zealous monks , Peter was conciliatory , moderate , gentle , considerate and conservative ...
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... Peter , by his earnest and sorrowful attempts to reform Cluny , admitted the truth of Bernard's strictures , while Bernard explicitly recognised the good faith and virtues of Peter ; indeed , his title of ' venerable ' occurs for the ...
... Peter , by his earnest and sorrowful attempts to reform Cluny , admitted the truth of Bernard's strictures , while Bernard explicitly recognised the good faith and virtues of Peter ; indeed , his title of ' venerable ' occurs for the ...
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