Editing Pope Honorius II (section)

===Intervention in France===
Aside from the Benedictines at Monte Cassino, Honorius was also determined to deal with the monks at [[Cluny Abbey]] under their ambitious and worldly [[Abbot of Cluny|abbot]], [[Pons of Melgueil]].<ref name="Levillain, pg. 732" /> He had just returned from the [[Levant]] after being forced out by his monks in 1122.<ref name="Mann, pg. 260">Mann, pg. 260</ref> In 1125, accompanied by an armed following, Pons took possession of Cluny Abbey, melted down the treasures stored in the monastery, and paid his followers, who continued to terrorise the monks and the villages dependent upon the abbey.<ref name="Mann, pg. 260" />

Honorius, on hearing news of the disorders at Cluny, sent a legate to investigate with orders to excommunicate and denounce Pons and order him to present himself before Honorius.<ref>Mann, pgs. 260–261</ref> Pons eventually obeyed the summons, and was deposed by Honorius in 1126<ref name="Levillain, pg. 732" /> before being imprisoned in the [[Septizodium]], where he soon died.<ref name="Mann, pg. 261">Mann, pg. 261</ref> Honorius personally reinvested [[Peter the Venerable]] as Abbot of Cluny.<ref name="Mann, pg. 261" />

Honorius soon became involved in the quarrel between King [[Louis VI of France]] and the French bishops.<ref name="Levillain, pg. 732" /> [[Stephen of Senlis]], the [[Bishop of Paris]], had been heavily influenced by the reforming zeal of [[Bernard of Clairvaux]], and actively sought to remove royal influence in the French church.<ref name="Mann, pg. 262">Mann, pg. 262</ref> Louis confiscated Stephen's wealth and began harassing him so that he would cease his reforming activities.<ref name="Mann, pg. 262" /> At the same time, Louis also had in his sights [[Henri Sanglier]], the [[Archbishop of Sens]], who had also joined the reformers.<ref name="Mann, pg. 264">Mann, pg. 264</ref> Charging Henri with [[simony]], Louis attempted to remove another threat from within the French church.<ref name="Mann, pg. 264" /> Bernard of Clairvaux wrote to Honorius asking him to intervene on behalf of both men and support church independence over the claims of royal jurisdiction and interference.<ref name="Mann, pg. 265">Mann, pg. 265</ref>

Royal pressure was also brought to bear on [[Hildebert of Lavardin]], whom Honorius had transferred from the see of [[Le Mans]] to become the [[Archbishop of Tours]] in 1125.<ref>Mann, pg. 266</ref> In 1126, Louis insisted on filling episcopal vacancies in the See of [[Tours]] with his own candidates over Hildebert's objections.<ref>Mann, pg. 267</ref> Hildebert also complained to Honorius about the constant appeals to Rome whenever he made a ruling.<ref>Mann, pg. 269</ref>

In response to the king's actions, the French bishops laid an [[Interdict (Catholic canon law)|interdict]] on the [[diocese of Paris]], causing Louis to write to Honorius, who suspended the interdict in 1129.<ref name="Mann, pg. 263">Mann, pg. 263</ref> Although this incurred the wrath of Bernard of Clairvaux, who wrote to Honorius expressing his disgust,<ref name="Mann, pg. 263" /> Honorius pressured Stephen of Senlis to become reconciled with King Louis in 1130.<ref name="Mann, pg. 264" /> Henri Sanglier, on the other hand, continued in his role of [[archbishop]] without further interference from the king.<ref name="Mann, pg. 265" /> By the end of his pontificate, Honorius had ended the conflict between Louis and his bishops.<ref name="Levillain, pg. 732" />

In 1127, Honorius confirmed the acts of the [[Synod]] of [[Nantes]], presided over by Archbishop Hildebert of Lavardin, which eradicated certain local abuses in [[Brittany]].<ref>Mann, pg. 268</ref> That same year, Honorius helped [[Conan III, Duke of Brittany]], bring one of his rebellious vassals to heel.<ref>Mann, pgs. 268–269</ref> He also intervened on behalf of the monks of the [[Lérins Islands]] who were constantly harassed by Arab pirates, encouraging a crusade to help defend the monks.<ref>Mann, pg. 271</ref>

Honorius was also called to intervene in the affairs of [[Normandy]], as [[Fulk, King of Jerusalem|Fulk of Anjou]] and King [[Henry I of England]] battled for domination. Henry objected to the marriage of Fulk's daughter [[Sibylla of Anjou]] to [[William Clito]], the son of the [[duke of Normandy]], on the grounds that they were too closely related by blood, being sixth cousins.<ref>Mann, pg. 272</ref> They refused to divorce, and Honorius was forced to excommunicate Fulk and his son-in-law and to impose an interdict upon their territories.<ref>Mann, pg. 274</ref>