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Robert de Turlande (c. 1000 - 17 April 1067) was a French Roman Catholic priest and professed member of the Order of Saint Benedict. He was of noble stock and was also related to Saint Gerald of Aurillac. He is best known for the establishment of the Benedictine convent of La Chaise-Dieu ('Home of God') and for his total commitment to the poor ...
The abbey church of Saint-Robert was built from 1344 to 1352 in the Gothic style, at the behest of Pope Clement VI to house his tomb. [6]The abbey church replaces the old Romanesque building at the foot of which Saint Robert de Turlande, founder of the abbey, had been buried.
After his death, Robert was quickly canonized (1095) as Saint Robert de Turlande (also known as Saint Robert of Chaise-Dieu). [4] The Chaise-Dieu continued to grow throughout the Middle Ages, becoming the motherhouse of further congregations of Black Monks. Pope Clement VI began his vocation as a monk at Chaise Dieu and was the patron of the ...
Déols Abbey otherwise Bourg-Dieu (Abbaye Notre-Dame, Saint-Pierre et Saint-Paul de Déols or Bourg-Dieu), Diocese of Bourges (Déols, Indre) Abbaye Notre-Dame de la Déserte ("Our Lady of the Wasteland"), Poor Clares 1304-1503; Benedictine nuns 1503-Revolution, Diocese of Lyon (on La Croix-Rousse in the parish of La Platière, now part of Lyon ...
Saint Rupert or Robert may refer to: Rupert of Salzburg (d. 710), bishop; Rupert of Bingen (d. 732), pilgrim; Robert de Turlande (c. 1001–1067), abbot;
The Diocese of Clermont can likewise claim a number of monks whom the Church honours as saints, viz: St. Calevisus (Calais, 460–541), a pupil in the monastery of Menat near Riom, whence he retired to Maine, where he founded the Abbey of Anisole; St. Maztius (died 527), founder at Royat near Clermont of a monastery which became later a ...
A chapel was first built on the site in the 4th or 5th century. In 976 the Bishop Frotaire had the Abbey of Saint-Front constructed on the site of the church. The abbey was consecrated in 1047. Its vaulted choir housed the tomb of Saint Front, which was sculpted in 1077 by Guimaunond, a monk of the Abbey of La Chaise-Dieu. This tomb was ...
3.3.3 The "Belle Chaise" room and ... The Mont-Saint-Michel Abbey is an abbey located ... From 1154 to 1164 the abbot Robert of Torigni had a set of buildings ...