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The Abbey of Saint-Pierre-les-Nonnains in Lyon, also known as the Abbey of the Dames de Saint-Pierre or simply Palais Saint-Pierre, is an ancient Catholic religious edifice that housed Benedictine nuns from the 10th century onwards, and was rebuilt in the 17th century.
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Abbey of Saint-Pierre-les-Nonnains; ... Les cohortes du Christ, Ouest-France; Gazeau, Véronique, 2007: Normannia monastica, princes normands et abbés bénédictins.
The abbey was founded by Duke Simon I of Lorraine between 1130 and 1139, [1] [2] close to his castle at Prény. The valley where the monastery was built, as well as farmland, vineyards, mills and forests, were granted by the opulent Messinian abbeys of Saint-Pierre-aux-Nonnains and Sainte-Glossinde [].
Metz's Basilica of Saint-Pierre-aux-Nonnains is built on the site of a Roman basilica which is a likely location for one of the earliest Christian congregations of France. [2] Originally the diocese was under the metropolitan of Trier.
Claudine Thévenet was born in the Kingdom of France on 30 March 1774 as the second of seven children. [3]During her adolescence, Thévenet studied at the Saint-Pierre-les-Nonnains convent.
The Abbey of Notre Dame aux Nonnains, [33] founded by St. Leucon, was an important abbey for women. [34] Alcuin and St. Bernard corresponded with its abbesses. At his installation the bishop went to the abbey on the previous evening; the bed he slept on became his property, but the mule on which he rode became the property of the abbess.
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