Luxeuil Monastery
The Luxeuil Monastery (Latin: Luxovium or Lussovium ) was a Benedictine abbey in Luxeuil-les-Bains , France .
St. Columban von Luxeuil founded the Luxovium monastery around 590 , but was expelled in 610 by Theuderic , King of Australia and Burgundy , fled to Italy and founded the Bobium monastery there , halfway between Genoa and Piacenza . Under his successors Eustasius and Waldebert , Luxeuil experienced an upswing and was the starting point for the missionary work of the Bavarians by Eustasius and Agilus . In 662 the Corbie monastery was settled from Luxeuil.
After the destruction of the monastery in 732 by the Saracens , it was restored as a Benedictine abbey by Charlemagne . The monastery quickly recovered from the pillage by the Vikings in the 9th century.
Until 1594 the abbots were also sovereigns . In 1790 the monastery was closed . The abbey church of St-Colomban, completed in 1330, is now the parish church; it has a baroque organ front (1617-1680) and a pulpit from 1806, which comes from Notre-Dame in Paris .
Minuscules were probably first used in manuscripts in Luxeuil around 670 . The best known is the Luxeuil lectionary from this period .
Abbots
- Columban , around 590-610
- Eustasius , 615-625
- Waldebert , 625-670
- Ansegis , 817-822
- Drogo , 820–855 (son of Charlemagne)
Web links
- Luxeuil Monastery
- Abbey of Luxeuil (English)
Coordinates: 47 ° 48 ′ 59 ″ N , 6 ° 22 ′ 53 ″ E