- Flavigny Abbey
Flavigny Abbey is a Benedictine monastery in
Flavigny-sur-Ozerain ,Côte-d'Or "département",France .Benedictines
This monastery was founded in 717 by
Widerad , who richly endowed it. According to the authors of the "Gallia Christiana " the new abbey, placed under the patronage ofSaint Praejectus (Prix),Bishop of Clermont , and martyr, was erected on the site of an ancient monastic foundation, dating, it is said, from the time ofClovis , and formerly under the patronage of Saint Peter, who as patron eventually overshadowed and superseded Saint Prix.Pope John VIII dedicated the new church about the year 877, from which time the patronage of Peter appears to have prevailed definitively.The fame of Flavigny was due partly to the
relics which it preserved, and partly to the piety of its religious. The monastery was at the height of its reputation in the eighth century, in the time of the Abbot Manasses, whomCharlemagne authorized to found the monastery ofCorbigny . The same Manasses transferred fromVolvic to Flavigny the relics of Saint Praejectus.There were also preserved here the relics of Saint Regina, whom her acts represent as having been beheaded for the faith in the town of Alise (since called
Alise-Sainte-Reine ). The history of the translation of Regina (21-22 March 864 ) was the subject of a contemporary account.Unfortunately the "Chronicle", the "Martyrology", and the "Necrology" of the Abbot Hugues, and the "Livre contenant les choses notables", have either perished or contain few facts of real interest. The liturgical books, notably the "Lectionary", have disappeared. The abbatial list contains few names worthy to be preserved, with the exception of that of Hugues of Flavigny.
The monastery was rebuilt in the 17th century and occupied by Benedictines of the
Congregation of St. Maur , who were actively employed in research concerning the historical documents of the abbey, but the results of their studies disappeared during theFrench Revolution , when the abbey was dissolved.Dominicans
In the 1840s Lacordaire rebuilt and restored all that remained of the monastery surrounded by a portion of its ancient estate, and established there a convent of the Order of St. Dominic.
Candy
The monks at this abbey were the original makers of the well known anise flavored candy
Websites
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References
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