On the financial side, the Evesham Chronicle states that Æthelwig, who became abbot of Evesham Abbey in 1058, administered Worcester before he became abbot.

He became an anchorite before being elected abbot of Bath Abbey.

When Otto II became Holy Roman Emperor in 973 ( he was co-emperor with Otto I from 967 ), he appointed Gerbert the abbot of the monastery of Bobbio and also appointed him as count of the district, but the abbey had been ruined by previous abbots, and Gerbert soon returned to Rheims.

The abbot became an ally of several members of the Swiss Confederation ( Zürich, Lucerne, Schwyz and Glarus ) in 1451.

It was rebuilt and reached the apex of its fame in the 11th century under the abbot Desiderius ( abbot 1058-1087 ), who later became Pope Victor III.

Upon escaping, Adalbert traveled to Mainz, where he became abbot of Wissembourg in Alsace.

Platon became abbot of the new foundation, and Theodore was his " right hand.

In 794, Theodore became abbot of the Sakkudion Monastery, while Platon withdrew from the daily operation of the monastery and dedicated himself to silence.

The abbot and monks, in proximity to the royal Palace of Westminster, the seat of government from the later 12th century, became a powerful force in the centuries after the Norman Conquest: the abbot often was employed on royal service and in due course took his place in the House of Lords as of right.

Cîteaux Abbey was founded in 1098 by a group of monks from Molesme Abbey, seeking to follow more closely the Rule of St. Benedict, under the leadership of Saint Robert of Molesme, who became the first abbot, Saint Alberic, the second abbot, and Saint Stephen Harding the third abbot, who wrote the Carta Caritatis, that described the organisation of the order.

Du Vergier became the abbot of Saint-Cyran and was thus generally known as the Abbé de Saint-Cyran for the rest of his life.

At the same time the church became more tolerant of war in the defense of faith, espousing theories of the just war ; and liturgies were introduced which blessed a knight's sword, and a bath of chivalric purification. The first noted support for chivalric vocation, or the establishment of knightly class to ensure the sanctity and legitimacy of Christianity was written in 930 by Odo, abbot of Cluny in the Vita of St. Gerald of Aurillac, which argued that the sanctity of Christ and Christian doctrine can be demonstrated through the legitimate unsheathing of the “ sword against the enemy .” In the 11th century the concept of a " knight of Christ " ( miles Christi ) gained currency in France, Spain and Italy.

The vidas of the following troubadours note their clerical status: Aimeric de Belenoi, Folquet de Marselha ( who became a bishop ), Gui d ' Ussel, Guillem Ramon de Gironella, Jofre de Foixà ( who became an abbot ), Peire de Bussignac, Peire Rogier, Raimon de Cornet, Uc Brunet, and Uc de Saint Circ.

The first abbot, in 1123, was Hugh of Amiens who became archbishop of Rouen and was buried in Rouen Cathedral.

Setting out shortly after Christmas, he met with abbot Hugh of Cluny at Besançon, where he was joined by the young monk Hildebrand, who afterwards became Pope Gregory VII ; arriving in pilgrim garb at Rome in the following February, he was received with much cordiality, and at his consecration assumed the name Leo IX.

During the late 5th and 6th centuries true monasteries became the most important centres: in Patrick's own see of Armagh the change seems to have happened before the end of the 5th century, thereafter the bishop was the abbot also.

( 2 ) Willie Mays of the San Francisco Giants borrowed a teammate's bat and became the ninth big leaguer to stroke four home runs in a game ; ;

In 1900 he moved to San Diego and became a prominent member and supporter of the Theosophical community Lomaland, which was being developed on Point Loma by Katherine Tingley.

In 1940 " New San Antonio Rose " sold a million records and became the signature song of The Texas Playboys.

San Francisco from Indian RockPolitically, the area that became Berkeley was initially part of a vast Contra Costa County.

In that period, Berkeley — especially Telegraph Avenue — became a focal point for the hippie movement, which spilled over the Bay from San Francisco.

The country lobbied aggressively for the establishment of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights and became the first nation to recognize the jurisdiction of the Inter-American Human Rights Court, based in San José.

The Panthers also became the first expansion team to beat the defending Super Bowl champions by defeating the San Francisco 49ers 13-7.

Other cable cars to use grips were those of the Clay Street Hill Railroad, which later became part of the San Francisco cable car system.

In 1881 the Dunedin cable tramway system opened in Dunedin, New Zealand and became the first such system outside San Francisco.

Eventually, San Francisco became the only street-running manually operated system to survive — Dunedin, the second city with such cars, was also the second-last city to operate them, closing down in 1957.

Indeed, the convoy averaged only 5 mph from Washington, D. C. to San Francisco ; later the improvement of highways became a signature issue for Eisenhower as President.

The tidal currents would carry the discarded immigrants ' bodies to San Juan Island to the north and west of the pass and many ended up in what became known as Dead Man's Bay.

Although they finished second in the conference to the San Jose Sharks, the Wings became the first team in NHL history to top 100 points in nine straight seasons.

Regardless, Babieca became a great warhorse, famous to the Christians, feared by El Cid's enemies, and loved by El Cid, who allegedly requested that Babieca be buried with him in the monastery of San Pedro de Cardeña.

However, with equipment flowing in and no mansion found yet, the first home for Zoetrope Studio became a warehouse in San Francisco on Folsom Street in 1969.

Madero assured Zapata that the land redistribution promised in the Plan of San Luis Potosí would be carried out when Madero became president.

Soon, grimoires appeared that involved Catholic saints within them ; one such example that appeared during the 19th century which became relatively popular, particularly in Spain, was the Libro de San Cipriano, or The Book of St Ciprian, which falsely claimed to date from circa 1000.

Village resident and cultural icon Bob Dylan by the mid-60s became one of the foremost popular songwriters in the world, and often developments in Greenwich Village would influence the simultaneously occurring folk rock movement in San Francisco and elsewhere, and vice versa.

Company trapping brigades were sent south from Fort Vancouver, along what became known as the Siskiyou Trail, into Northern California as far south as the San Francisco Bay Area.

On March 4, 1887, William Randolph Hearst became editor and publisher of the San Francisco Examiner and transformed the sedate Examiner into " The Monarch of the Dailies.

Crete was under Venetian control from 1204 and became a thriving center of art with eventually a Scuola di San Luca, or organized painter's guild on Western lines.

Indeed, Severn's spacious apartment in the Via di San Isidoro became the busy center of Academy life.

Mark Davis, the 1989 league leader in saves ( 44 ) and boasting a 1. 85 earned run average while earning the 1989 National League Cy Young winner and back-to-back All-Star selections ( 1988, 1989 ) with the San Diego Padres, became a free agent at the close of the 1989 season.

Following his graduation, Mullis became a postdoctoral fellow in pediatric cardiology at the University of Kansas Medical School, going on to complete two years of postdoctoral work in pharmaceutical chemistry at the University of California, San Francisco.

* Autpert Ambrose ( c. 730 – 784 ), Frankish Benedictine monk who became abbot of San Vicenzo, Italy