Saint-Amand Abbey
The Abbey of Saint Amandus (Latin Elnonense Sancti Amandi monasterium , French: Abbaye de Saint-Amand ), once by its Latin name Elno known, a former monastery of the Benedictine Order in Saint-Amand-les-Eaux in Nord in France .
The monastery was around 630 as Coenobium Elnonense by St. Amandus of Maastricht under Foundation of Dagobert I founded. The founding place was in the forest area of Vicoigne on a hill at the confluence of the stream Elno in the Scarpe . The monastery was a central place of writing ( Schola Elnonensis ) during the so-called Carolingian Renaissance . Important members of the monastery community were Arn von Salzburg (abbot 782–785, then 1st Archbishop of Salzburg), Milo von St-Amand ( Milo Elnonensis , died 872), hagiographer of Amand of Maastricht, and his nephew Hucbald of St-Amand .
At the end of the 9th century, the monastery was completely sacked by the Normans and then destroyed. In the following centuries the abbey was the target of attacks in armed conflicts and fire disasters due to its border location. Today's architecture corresponds to the alterations and restorations from the 17th century in the Baroque style by the then Abbot Nicolas du Bois.
The abbey was declared public property at the time of the French Revolution in 1789 , it was secularized and partially demolished from 1797 and 1820. The former courthouse and the baroque church tower have been preserved to this day.
In 1672 Jean Mabillon discovered the Old High German Ludwigslied at the end of a Carolingian collective manuscript of the monastery inventory from the 9th century .
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- ↑ French: Elnon or sur l'Elnone
- ↑ heruitgeverij.be
- ↑ Occasionally also written Helno .
Coordinates: 50 ° 26 ′ 56.6 " N , 3 ° 25 ′ 43.4" E