Saint-Nicolas Monastery (Angers)
The Saint-Nicolas Abbey in Angers was one of the most important monasteries on the lower Loire in the Middle Ages .
history
Around 1010, Fulko Nerra , Count of Anjou , ordered the establishment of the Saint-Nicolas abbey in Angers; The reason for the foundation was an oath during a storm on his pilgrimage to Jerusalem. The consecration took place by Pope Urban II on February 10, 1096. In the 12./13. A new building took place in the 19th century, and the abbot's palace dates from the 15th century. Between 1720 and 1730 all of the convent buildings were rebuilt.
The monastery was dissolved during the revolution and sold as a national good, partially destroyed, including the monastery church. The buildings were then used successively as barracks, hospital and madhouse, and finally as the Saint-Nicolas retirement home, which includes the abbot's palace and the buildings built after the revolution, and is looked after by the Communauté des Soeurs du Bon-Pasteur.
On September 10, 1454, the wedding between René I. d'Anjou and Jeanne de Laval took place here.
Individual evidence
Web links
- The Saint-Nicolas Abbey at Patrimoine-de-France ( Memento of March 21, 2008 in the Internet Archive )