the monks of Cluny during the tenures of Odo and Aymard (2nd and 3rd abbots of Cluny) remained independent of Cluny. Reform was the personal work of the abbot, and it was not uncommon for the abbots of Cluny to hold abbacies at two or more monasteries. The relationship, however, was with the abbot, not with Cluny, and on the death of the abbot, rather than the position reverting to Cluny, the monks continued to elect their own successor abbot. He reformed many German monasteries at the request of Emperor Otto the Great. In 972 Otto appointed Majolus abbot of Sant'Apollinare in Classe, near Ravenna. He reformed San Giovanni Evangelista in Parma in 982, and the canons at Monte Celio in Pavia in 987.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=MdrNAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA405&lpg=PA405&dq=cluniac+reform+%2B+Majolus&source=bl&ots=WrZYzXYF4S&sig=ACfU3U0eBVVI3hWqZp5p2yxqmosOtDwf5w&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjS7rGSzYPjAhWynuAKHfVfBaY4ChDoATAGegQICBAB#v=onepage&q=cluniac%20reform%20%2B%20Majolus&f=false Thompson, James Westfall. Church and State in Medieval Germany,American Journal of Theology, vol.22, University of Chicago. Divinity School, University of Chicago Press, 1918, p. 406]</ref> At some point between 966 and 990, King Conrad of Burgundy renounced all rights and gave Romainmôtier Priory to Abbot Majolus. In the 980s Henry I, Duke of Burgundy asked Majolus to take charge of the Abbey of Saint-Germain d'Auxerre. Majolus would appoint a prior to manage things in his absence, but not necessarily a monk of Cluny. Under Majolus, a network of monasteries dependent under Cluny's leadership began to take shape and would continue to develop under Majolus' successors Odilo and Hugh. In 965, the Empress Adelaide placed Payerne Priory under Cluny Abbey. The Priory of Paray-le-Monial was founded by Lambert of Chalon and his wife, Adelaide of Chalon, both friends of Abbot Majolus, in 973 as a house of Cluny. In 989 Bruno of Roucy, Bishop of Langres, requested Majolus, to send monks to re-settle the Abbey of St. Benignus in Dijon, grown decadent, as a Cluniac house. Among places that Cluny reformed or gave support to during this period include Saint-Maur-des-Fossés. Majolus sent William of Volpiano to reform the Abbey of Saint-Sernin at Toulouse. Cluny's wealth and property grew as people donated gave gifts of land, churches, and other valuables. possessions, which periodically gave rise to disputes between Cluny and various feudal lords. Cluny was not known for the severity of its discipline or its asceticism, but the abbots of Cluny supported the revival of the papacy and the reforms of Pope Gregory VII. The Cluniac establishment found itself closely identified with the Papacy. The Popes in this