Saint-Évroult Abbey
The Saint-Évroult Abbey is a former Benedictine abbey in Saint-Evroult-Notre-Dame-du-Bois in the Orne department (France).
history
The abbey was founded by Saint Évroult d'Ouche († 706) under the name Abbaye d'Ouche .
The monastery was rebuilt around 1050 under the name Saint-Évroult by the Giroie and Grandmesnil families ; they received the support of regional monasteries such as the Jumièges Abbey , whose filiam Saint-Èvroult was now. The Abbey of Évroult (her full name is Abbaye Notre-Dame-du-Bois de Saint-Evroult ) in turn participated in the establishment of the Abbey of Saint-Martin in Sées . The Grandmesnil family in turn made the monastery their burial place.
The most famous monk in Saint-Évroult is the historian Ordericus Vitalis (1075-around 1142), whose Historia ecclesiastica is an essential source for the history of Normandy, England, Italy and of course the abbey itself. Another monk in Saint-Évroult was the chronicler Geoffroi Malaterra .
Abbot Robert de Grandmesnil had to flee the country in 1061/62 to escape the wrath of the duke; he went to Italy, where he founded the monastery of Sant'Eufemia ( Calabria ). Abbot Serlon d'Orgères became Bishop of Sées in 1091 . From 1231 to 1284 the abbey was rebuilt.
In the 14th century the abbey church was decorated with sculptures. In the 15th century a new entrance portal and a wall were built around the property. In the 17th century, a brick residential building was added. In the course of the French Revolution (1789–1799) the abbey was dissolved. The stones from the walls of the buildings were removed and used to build other buildings. In 1802 the main building collapsed. The ruins now consist of various architectural elements and give an overview of how the building used to look. They were classified as a Monument historique in 1967 .
Priories
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Saint-Évroult Abbey in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French)
Coordinates: 48 ° 47 ′ 26 ″ N , 0 ° 27 ′ 46 ″ E