Saint Arnulf Abbey
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The Abbey of Saint Arnulf in Metz ( Abbaye Saint-Arnould de Metz or Abbaye Saints-Apôtres ) is a Benedictine monastery founded in the 6th century .
According to tradition, the abbey was initially called the Apostle Church ( Église des Saints-Apôtres ). In 717 she took the name Sankt-Arnulf, as the relics of Saint Arnulf (614–629 Bishop of Metz ) were kept here. Charlemagne made from the monastery, the necropolis of the Carolingian : His wife Hildegard , his sisters and his son, Emperor Louis the Pious , were buried here.
The abbey was rebuilt in the same place in the 10th century. A larger church was consecrated in 1049, which burned down in 1097. In the same century the abbey took on the relics of the Roman martyr Gorgon (4th century). The siege of Metz by Emperor Charles V in 1552 led to the destruction of the monastery, which was then moved - including the imperial tombs - to the Dominican convent and thus within the walls of the city. Except for the church, the monastery was rebuilt in the 17th century. These are the buildings that can be seen today.
During the revolution the monks were driven out and the imperial tombs destroyed. Only part of the tomb of Louis the Pious is now in the Musée de la ville . In 1794, a military school, the newly founded École d'application de l'artillerie et du génie, moved into the building. In the 19th century, the church disappeared under Napoleon III. a tower was built to watch the maneuvers on Mont Saint-Quentin. The officers' mess has been housed there since 1919.
literature
- Alois Odermatt (ed.): The Liber Ordinarius of the Abbey of St. Arnulf before Metz (Metz, City Library, Ms. 132, around 1240). Academic Press, Friborg 1987, ISBN 3-7278-0344-4 ( Spicilegium Friburgense 31).
- Isabelle Bardiès-Fronty, Pierre Édouard Wagner: Le retour à Metz d'un coffret reliquaire de l'abbaye Saint-Arnould. Une importante acquisition pour les musées de Metz . In: La revue du Louvre et des musées de France . nº 4, 2005, ISSN 0035-2608 , pp. 36-42.
- Margit Müller: At the intersection of town and country. The Benedictine Abbey of St. Arnulf zu Metz in the high and late Middle Ages. Trier 1993, ISBN 3-89890-017-7 . (Trier Historical Research 21)
- Bernd Schütte : The letters of Abbot Walo von St. Arnulf before Metz (= Monumenta Germaniae Historica. Studies and Texts. Vol. 10). Hahn, Hannover 1995, ISBN 3-7752-5410-2 .
Web links
- Saint Arnoul Abbey in Metz on Chemins de Mémoire
Coordinates: 49 ° 7 ′ 5 ″ N , 6 ° 10 ′ 18 ″ E