1098 when he is last mentioned in a charter. Robert found a patron in Hildebert, Bishop of Le Mans.

Foundation of Fontevraud

Free now to engage in the new stage of life as itinerant preacher, Robert took the roads and his eloquence, heightened by his strikingly ascetic appearance, drew crowds everywhere. Those who desired to embrace the monastic state under his leadership he sent to La Roë, but the Canons objected to the number and diversity of the

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