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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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The Saint-Clair chapel is an extinct Catholic religious building located on the Balme Saint-Clair, on the banks of the Rhône, in the 1st arrondissement of Lyon, France. Attested in the 13th century, it was a dependency of the Saint-Pierre abbey. A seclusion was added before disappearing in the early modern era.
Beaulieu-sur-Dordogne Abbey (Abbaye Saint-Pierre et Saint-Paul de Beaulieu or Abbaye Saint-Pierre, Saint-Paul et Sainte-Félicité de Beaulieu), Diocese of Limoges, in the Limousin (Beaulieu-sur-Dordogne, Corrèze) Beaumont Abbey (Abbaye Saint-Pierre de Beaumont), nuns, Diocese of Clermont (Beaumont, Puy-de-Dôme)
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The abbey church was also a parish church under the patronage of Saint-Jacques-aux-Nonnains. [5] The Église Saint Jacques was famous for its 15th century portal in Flamboyant Gothic style, from which it was called "Saint Jacques au Beau Portail". At 72 metres (236 ft) in length it was the second largest church in Troyes after the cathedral.
The Benedictine Mabillon undertook to interpret its carvings, among which might be seen the statue of a reine pédauque (i.e. a web-footed queen) supposed to be St. Clotilde. 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 ...
Saint-Pierre was one of the first to mention the possibility of a European union made by independent and autonomous states. [5] His work on a European community directly inspired the idea of an international order based on the principle of collective self-defense, and was important to the creation of the Concert of Europe , and later the League ...