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Abbaye de Fleury

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Abbaye de Fleury
Abbaye de Fleury
Abbaye de Fleury
Abbaye de Fleury
Abbaye de Fleury
Abbaye de Fleury
Abbaye de Fleury
Abbaye de Fleury
Abbaye de Fleury
Abbaye de Fleury
Abbaye de Fleury
Abbaye de Fleury
Abbaye de Fleury
Abbaye de Fleury
Abbaye de Fleury
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Abbaye de Fleury
Abbaye de Fleury
Abbaye de Fleury
Abbaye de Fleury
Abbaye de Fleury
Abbaye de Fleury
Abbaye de Fleury
Abbaye de Fleury
Phone:
+33 2 38 35 72 43

Address:
Le Village, 45730 Saint-Benoit-sur-Loire, France

Fleury Abbey in Saint-Benoît-sur-Loire, Loiret, France, founded about 640, is one of the most celebrated Benedictine monasteries of Western Europe, which possesses the relics of St. Benedict of Nursia. Its site on the banks of the Loire has always made it easily accessible from Orléans, a center of culture unbroken since Roman times. Today the abbey has over forty monks and is headed by the abbot Etienne Ricaud.Abbo of Fleury a monk and abbot of Fleury was a theologian of wide-ranging intellect; his life was written by the chronicler Aimoin, also a monk of Fleury. Andrew of Fleury wrote Miracula sancti Benedicti. Hugh of Fleury was a monk of Fleury known for his chronicles and other writings.
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