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thanks, John.
From: John Wickstrom <[log in to unmask]>
> The relics of St. Maurus were taken from their original home near LeMans at
the abbey of St. Maur sur Loire (originally St. Maur de Glanfeuil) to the
abbey of St. Pierre des Fossés
near Paris, i assume.
that's the one i'm interested in, historically and art historically.
>for safekeeping in th 860s in the face of Viking incursions. The relics were
retained at Paris throughout the middle ages despite the pleas of the thereby
impoverished community on the Loire. A major reform of the Benedictine
congregations began in the early 17th century.
i didn't know that it started that early.
>It was called the "Congregation of St. Maur" in order to avoid
rivalry among the member abbeys
which number became Legion.
>(none of whom had Maurus as their patron). The mother house of the
congregation was eventually settled at St. Germaine
Germain
> des Pres at Paris and the relics of the saint were transferred there. They
remained at S. Germaine
Germain
>until they were thrown into the streets during the You All Know What.
Progress.
Age of Enlightenment.
Onward and Upward, Forever.
>It's ironic that Christopher suggests Maurus should be the patron of
historians, considering that Abbot Odo's account of his life is wholly
fictional.
WHAT !!
a Saint's life which is Holy Fictional ??
what a thought.
>Or maybe it isn't so ironic.
no, not very.
it would put Historians in their Place, given their tendency to become rather
Pufféd Up with their own work.
i say we Go For It.
> The nave of the 12 and 13th century abbey remains hidden behind an 18th
century school and the excavated original Roman foundations lying under the
abbey were, till recently, quite visible. The church can be visited in the
summer months by arrangement with the local priest of the charming Loire
village of S. Maur.
but this is -de-Glanvfeuil, not -des-Fossés.
different place.
*lots* of 12th c. churches surviving in the former region, not so many in the
latter.
>
http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://perso.wanadoo.fr/erwan.levourch/i
>
mages/abbaye%2520copier1.jpg&imgrefurl=http://perso.wanadoo.fr/erwan.levourc
h/stmaur.htm&h=398&w=578&sz=30&tbnid=vK6i_MeTN8wJ:&tbnh=90&tbnw=130&start=1&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dglanfeuil%26svnum%3D10%26hl%3Den%26lr%3D%26sa%3DG
oiy!
that has to be one of the longest urls i've ever seen.
apparently boils down to this, however :
http://perso.wanadoo.fr/erwan.levourch/stmaur.htm
a typically "Maurist" building :
http://perso.wanadoo.fr/erwan.levourch/images/facade_stmaur.jpg
findable all over France at abbeys reformed by the Congregation.
c
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