Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
The abbey church. La Chaise-Dieu means "the Seat of God" in French (from the Occitan "Chasa Dieu") and is a reference to the Benedictine abbey [3] which was founded on the site in 1043 by Robert de Turlande, a kinsman of Gerald of Aurillac and canon of Saint Julian's church at Brioude, nearby.
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 of La Chaise-Dieu, in Auvergne (La Chasa-Dieu in Occitan), is a former Benedictine abbey, headquarters of the Casadean order, located in the commune of La Chaise-Dieu in the department of Haute-Loire. The origin of the name is the Latin phrase Casa Dei (The House of God), hence the adjective "Casadean."
Robert de Turlande (d. 1067) who founded the monastery of Chaise Dieu in the Brioude district; Peter Chavanon (d. 1080), a canon regular, founder and first provost of the Abbey of Pébrac . The Benedictine, Hughes Lanthenas (1634–1701), [ 90 ] the historian of the Abbey of Vendôme , who edited the works of Bernard of Clairvaux and St. Anselm ...
Robert Southwell (priest) (c. 1560-1595), poet and martyr; Robert Bellarmine (1542-1621), Jesuit, cardinal, Doctor of the Church; Saint-Robert as a toponym: Saint-Robert, Quebec; Saint-Robert, Corrèze; Saint-Robert, Lot-et-Garonne; Saint-Égrève-Saint-Robert station, a train station in Saint-Égrève, Isère, France; Javerlhac-et-la-Chapelle ...
Pierre-Roger Gaussin, L'Abbaye de la Chaise-Dieu. Régine Pernoud, ensemble de son œuvre. René Sédillot, Paris. René-Louis Doyon, ensemble de son œuvre. Renée Kohn, Le Goût de la Fontaine. Robert Aron, Les Origines de la guerre d'Algérie. Robert Javelet, ensemble de son œuvre. 1964. Abel Moreau, ensemble de son œuvre.
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 ...
He was granted the priory of St. Baudil, a dependency of the Abbey of La Chaise-Dieu, on 24 April 1324, at the personal order of Pope John XXII; and then, on 23 June 1326, he was named Abbot of Fécamp, a royal abbey and one of the most important monasteries in France. He held the position until 1329.