Sainte-Colombe Abbey

Sainte-Colombe Abbey in Saint-Denis-lès-Sens

The abbey of Sainte-Colombe in Sens was founded in 620 by the Merovingian king Chlothar II over the grave of St. Kolumba von Sens , who lived in Sens in the 3rd century and whose veneration has been attested since the 6th century. The abbey church was destroyed in 1792 and the relics were scattered. The Chapelle de l'Immaculée Conception (Chapel of the Immaculate Conception) was built on the same site in the 19th century .

Associated with Sainte-Colombe Abbey are:

• Welf († 881), Abbot of Sainte-Colombe and Saint-Riquier
• Hugo Abbas († 886), a cousin of Welfs, was a. a. Abbot of Sant-Colombe
• Betto, Bishop of Auxerre from 889, was previously a monk in Sainte-Colombe
• Richard the judge , († 921) Duke of Burgundy , made himself in 894/895 lay abbot of Sainte-Colombe
• Rudolf of Burgundy , King of France († 936), was buried in Sainte-Colombe
• Thibaut, son of Hugo von Payns († 1136), was abbot of Sainte-Colombe
• Thomas Becket lived in the abbey from 1165 to 1170