- Saint-Maur-sur-Loire
Saint-Maur-sur-Loire is a village of western
France in the "département" ofMaine-et-Loire on theLoire River , part of the commune ofLe Thoureil , about 15 m. belowSaumur .History
Here allegedly
Saint Maurus (but probably someone else) founded towards the middle of the 6th centuryGlanfeuil Abbey , the firstBenedictine monastery inGaul .It was later reduced to ruins by the
Normans ; in anticipation of the disaster the relics of the saint were transferred to the abbey of Fosses (afterwardsSaint-Maur-des-Fossés ). Saint-Maur-sur-Loire was afterwards restored and fortified; the extant remains consist of a part of the church (12th and 17th centuries) and buildings of the 17th and 18th centuries.External links
* [http://www.webzinemaker.net/aubance/index.php3?action=page&id_art=47235 Webpage about the abbey] (in French)
* [http://membres.lycos.fr/saintmaur/essai_abbaye.html Information about the abbey] (in French)
* [http://perso.wanadoo.fr/erwan.levourch/stmaur.htm Pictures of the abbey]ources and references
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* [http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/11212b.htm Catholic Encyclopaedia- Odo of Glanfeuil]
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