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Phyllis Jestice <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>Waningus (d. 688 (or 683)) Waningus was the count of Calais. Together
with St. Wandregiselus, he founded the monastery of Fontenelle
(St-Wandrille) in 649 in the diocese of Rouen.
ashamed to say i never knew where this important place actually was/is
(thought that it was in Picardy or Flanders).
i happened upon their interesting website: http://www.st-wandrille.com/
with a view of the precious "chapelle Saint-Saturnin," said to be of the
10th c.:
http://www.st-wandrille.com/PictHTML/Cadre98A063.htm
http://www.st-wandrille.com/PictHTML/Cadre98A064.htm
http://www.st-wandrille.com/PictHTML/Cadre98A065.htm
"Wandrille bâtit en l’honneur de saint Saturnin une église située sur le
sommet d’une colline jadis riche en vignobles", Vie de saint Wandrille
some impressive gothic ruins:
http://www.st-wandrille.com/PictHTML/Cadre98A022.htm
a "lavabo" from 1505, "chef-d’oeuvre d’élégance":
http://www.st-wandrille.com/PictHTML/Cadre98A054.htm
and some very nice 17th and 18th c. Maurist buildings:
http://www.st-wandrille.com/PictHTML/Cadre98A037.htm
http://www.st-wandrille.com/PictHTML/Cadre98A029.htm
http://www.st-wandrille.com/PictHTML/Cadre98A068.htm
apparently now home to a thriving Benedictine community.
looks like it would be worth a visit.
wish i could.
best to all from here,
christopher
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