Fleury, Abbey of

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• Fleury Abbey — (Floriacum) in Saint Benoît sur Loire, Loiret, France, founded about 640, was one of the richest and most celebrated Benedictine monasteries of Western Europe. Its modern name is Fleury Saint Benoît sur Loire, based on the claim that the relics… …   Wikipedia

• Abbey of Fleury —     Abbey of Fleury     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Abbey of Fleury     (More completely FLEURY SAINT BENOîT)     One of the oldest and most celebrated Benedictine abbeys of Western Europe. Its modern name is Saint Benoît sur Loire, applicable both …   Catholic encyclopedia

• Abbey of Monte Cassino —     Abbey of Monte Cassino     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Abbey of Monte Cassino     An abbey nullius situated about eighty miles south of Rome, the cradle of the Benedictine Order.     About 529 St. Benedict left Subiaco, to e …   Catholic encyclopedia

• St. Evre's Abbey, Toul — ( Abbaye de Saint Evre de Toul or Abbaye de Saint Epvre lès Toul ) was a Benedictine, later Cluniac, monastery in Toul, France. Established in or just before 507, it was the oldest monastery in Lorraine and of great significance in the monastic… …   Wikipedia

• Claude Fleury — (December 6, 1640, Paris – July 14, 1723, Paris), was a French ecclesiastical historian. Destined for the bar, he was educated at the aristocratic College of Clermont (now that of Louis le Grand). In 1658 he was nominated an advocate to the… …   Wikipedia

• Andre-Hercule de Fleury —     André Hercule de Fleury     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► André Hercule de Fleury     Born at Lodève, 26 June, 1653; died at Paris, 29 January, 1742. He was a protégé of Cardinal de Bonzi and become chaplain to Maria Theresa in 16790, and to… …   Catholic encyclopedia

• Cluny Abbey — in 2004 Cluny Abbey (or Cluni, or Clugny, French pronunciation: [klyˈni]) is a Benedictine monastery in Cluny, Saône et Loire, France. It was built in the Romanesque style, with three churches built in succession from the 10th to the early… …   Wikipedia

• Livre de Jeux de Fleury — Abbaye Saint Benoît de Fleury, l origine supposée de l ouvrage. Le Livre de Jeux de Fleury est une des collections médiévales le plus importantes de drames liturgiques[1], écrit en latin et datant de environ 1200 A.D. Il a été tenu et conservé à… …   Wikipédia en Français

• Abbo of Fleury — Infobox Saint name=Saint Abbo of Fleury birth date=c. 945 death date=death date|1004|11|13|df=y feast day=13 November venerated in=Roman Catholicism imagesize=250px caption=Title page of one of Abbo of Fleury s tracts showing the word ABBO .… …   Wikipedia

• Saint Benedict Abbey — may be:*Saint Benedict Abbey, Quebec *Saint Benedict Abbey, Loire, the Abbaye de Fleury , also known as the Abbaye de Saint Benoît …   Wikipedia