Saint-Antoine-l'Abbaye
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| local community | Saint Antoine l'Abbaye | |
| region | Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes | |
| Department | Isère | |
| Arrondissement | Grenoble | |
| Coordinates | 45 ° 11 ' N , 5 ° 13' E | |
| Post Code | 38160 | |
| Former INSEE code | 38359 | |
| Incorporation | December 31, 2015 | |
 Abbey of Saint-Antoine-l'Abbay |
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Saint-Antoine-l'Abbaye is a town and a former French commune with last 1,053 inhabitants (2013) in the department of Isère in the region Auvergne Rhône-Alpes . It belonged to the Arrondissement of Grenoble and the canton of Le Sud Grésivaudan .
The place, which is classified as one of the Plus beaux villages de France ( Most Beautiful Villages in France ), is located in the historic Dauphiné landscape and was formerly the center of the Nursing Order of the Antonites .
The place is about 20 kilometers northeast of the city center of Romans-sur-Isère .
history
Around 1070 the local nobleman Jocelin came to Constantinople and helped the Eastern Roman emperor with weapons. As a reward he received relics of the monk's father Antonius , which the Byzantines had taken from Antioch when the Arabs invaded Egypt . Jocelin took them back home and deposited them in the local church of La-motte-aux-bois , which was under the administration of a priory of the Benedictines of Montmajour in Provence .
When the reputation spread that the relics had contributed to people being healed from what was later to be known as the Antonius fire, pilgrimages began, which were looked after by some men and women on site. A domus elemosinariae - a house of mercy - was set up as a hospice for permanent care. The resulting nursing brotherhood was entrusted with hospitals in the near and far area. St. James pilgrims spread the reputation of the relics and brotherhood.
In 1232 there were new, stricter statutes for the double monastery of the Benedictines and the Antonites . In 1247 a separate convent of the Antonites was formed according to the rule of Augustine of Hippo . After disputes between the two groups, it was decided that the Benedictines would withdraw from the place - taking with them the relics that were brought from Montmajour to Arles (St. Julien) during the French Revolution - and the new order under the patronage of Antonius stay here and have a helping and healing effect in the wide (European) world. At the end of the Middle Ages around 250 preceptorships between Scotland and Jerusalem, between Spain and the Baltic States, were dependent on St. Antoine. The name of the place changed in the following time to Saint Antoine; it remained the center of the order until it was incorporated into the Order of Malta in 1774.
With effect from December 31, 2015, the former municipality was merged with the neighboring municipality of Dionay to form Commune nouvelle Saint Antoine l'Abbaye (spelling without hyphens). Only Dionay has received the status of a Commune déléguée in the new municipality . The administrative headquarters are in Saint-Antoine-l'Abbaye.
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| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2009 |
| Residents | 913 | 840 | 766 | 779 | 873 | 907 | 1,000 |
Attractions
The center of the town is the former Gothic abbey church of Saint-Antoine with the Trésor des Chanoines ; the Grand Cour , to which the monastery buildings adjoin, leads to them. They house the Departmental Museum , among others . In the vicinity of the city, the names of numerous farms recall the work of the Antonites: La Contamine , La Maladière and others.
Web links
- Saint Antoine l'Abbaye - official website
- Musée Départementale Saint Antoine l'Abbaye
Individual evidence
- ↑ Saint-Antoine-l'Abbaye on Les plus Beaux Villages de France (French)
- ↑ Decree of the Prefecture on the creation of the Commune nouvelle Saint-Antoine-l'Abbaye of September 30, 2015