Lists of Christian Monasteries in France: List of Benedictine Monasteries in France, List of Cistercian Monasteries in France

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Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: List of Benedictine Monasteries in France, List of Cistercian Monasteries in France, List of Premonstratensian Monasteries in France, List of Christian Religious Houses in France. Excerpt: This is a list of Benedictine monasteries , extant and non-extant, in the present territory of France . It includes both monks and nuns following the Rule of St. Benedict , excluding the Cistercians , for whom see List of Cistercian monasteries in France . Some monasteries however belonged at various times in their histories to both the Benedictines and the Cistercians. At different times these religious houses have formed various orders, congregations or groups, of which the main ones, as far as French monasteries are concerned, are the following: The dates in brackets indicate the start and end dates of an abbey's status as a Benedictine monastery, which are not necessarily the same as the dates of its foundation or suppression. All religious houses in France were suppressed during the French Revolution , most of them in 1791. Some communities were revived, and many more new ones established, during the 19th century, but were forced to leave France by anti-clerical legislation during the 1880s (principally the Ferry Laws ), and again in the first decades of the 20th century under the Association Law of 1901 (the Waldeck-Roblet Law). Abbeys and independent priories currently in operation are indicated by bold type . Dependent priories are not generally noted in this list, except for a few unusually significant ones. A item L'Absie Abbey ( Abbaye de l'Absie-en-Gâtine ), Diocese of La Rochelle (L'Absie-en-Gâtine , Deux-Sèvres ) item Ahun Abbey ( Abbaye Saint-Étienne d'Ahun ), monks, Diocese of Limoges (Moutier-d'Ahun , Creuse ) item Ainay Abbey ( Abbaye Saint-Martin d'Ainay ), monks, Diocese o...