William of Gellone

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William of Gellone was an 8th–9th century Frankish nobleman, military leader, and later Benedictine monk venerated as a saint and celebrated as a hero in medieval epic poetry.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
William of Gellone canonical 10
Guillaume de Gellone 2

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Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Benedictine monk ⓘ
Carolingian aristocrat ⓘ
Christian saint ⓘ
Frankish nobleman ⓘ
medieval literary character ⓘ
military leader ⓘ
activeDuring 8th century ⓘ
9th century ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Guillaume d’Orange ⓘ
Saint William of Gellone ⓘ
William of Orange ⓘ
associatedWith Gellone Valley ⓘ
Languedoc ⓘ
Toulouse ⓘ
birthDate c. 755 ⓘ
burialPlace Saint-Guilhem-le-Désert ⓘ
canonizationStatus pre-congregation saint ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Frankish Empire ⓘ
linked to: Carolingian Empire
deathDate 28 May 812 ⓘ
28 May 814 ⓘ
deathPlace Gellone Abbey ⓘ
linked to: Abbey of Gellone
father Theodoric of Autun ⓘ
feastDay 28 May ⓘ
founded Abbey of Saint-Guilhem-le-Désert ⓘ
linked to: Abbey of Gellone

Gellone Abbey ⓘ
linked to: Abbey of Gellone
historicalRegion Occitania ⓘ
languageOfLegend Old French ⓘ
legacy namesake of the village Saint-Guilhem-le-Désert ⓘ
literaryCanon chansons de geste ⓘ
literaryRole hero of the Guillaume d’Orange cycle ⓘ
memberOf Benedictine Order ⓘ
linked to: Benedictines
militaryConflict Frankish–Umayyad conflicts in Iberia ⓘ
militaryRank general ⓘ
mother Aldana ⓘ
nobleFamily Carolingian dynasty ⓘ
notableEvent campaigns in Septimania ⓘ
wars against the Emirate of Córdoba ⓘ
notableWork defense of Toulouse against Muslim forces ⓘ
placeOfBurial Gellone Abbey ⓘ
linked to: Abbey of Gellone
portrayedAs defender of Christendom ⓘ
ideal Christian knight ⓘ
positionHeld Count of Toulouse ⓘ
Duke of Aquitaine ⓘ
relative Charlemagne ⓘ
Charles Martel ⓘ
religion Catholicism ⓘ
linked to: Roman Catholicism
servedUnder Charlemagne ⓘ
veneratedIn Eastern Orthodox Church ⓘ
Roman Catholic Church ⓘ
linked to: Roman Catholicism

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Referenced by (12)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Saint William of Gellone → alsoKnownAs → William of Gellone ⓘ
Saint William of Gellone → alsoKnownAs → Guillaume de Gellone ⓘ
linked to: William of Gellone
Abbot of Gellone → associatedWith → William of Gellone ⓘ
Abbey of Gellone → foundedBy → William of Gellone ⓘ
Abbey of Gellone → namedAfter → William of Gellone ⓘ
Abbey of Gellone → hasBurial → William of Gellone ⓘ
Abbey of Gellone → foundedBy → William of Gellone ⓘ
subject linked to: Gellone, near Lodève
Gellone, near Lodève → namedAfter → William of Gellone ⓘ
Guillaume d’Orange → basedOn → William of Gellone ⓘ
Abbey of Gellone → foundedBy → William of Gellone ⓘ
Guillaume d’Aquitaine → alsoKnownAs → William of Gellone ⓘ
Guillaume d’Aquitaine → alsoKnownAs → Guillaume de Gellone ⓘ
linked to: William of Gellone