Longues Abbey

Ruins of the abbey church

Longues Abbey (French: Abbaye de Longues, Abbaye Sainte-Marie de Longues) is a former Benedictine monastery in Longues-sur-Mer, Calvados, Normandy, France. It was founded in 1168 by Hugh Wac, of a family that owned Rubercy and other lands in the Cotentin, and was generously supported by gifts from the English and Norman nobility, and from King Henry II.[1] The prominent families of Bacon of Molay and d'Argouges were particular benefactors of the abbey and several of them were buried there.[2]

Abbot's Lodging, from the south

From 1526 the abbey was in the hands of commendatory abbots.[1] After a long period of decline, it was finally closed in 1781 under the last commendatory abbot, Emmanuel-Louis de Cugnac, bishop of Lectoure, when its revenues were given to the seminary at Bayeux.[1]

Numerous ruins and structures remain, which have been listed at various times as monuments historiques.[3]

Notes and references

  1. ^ a b c Gallia Christiana (online).
  2. ^ Société des antiquaires de Normandie, Bulletin de la Société des antiquaires de Normandie, Caen, Société des antiquaires de Normandie (Caen), 1860
  3. ^ Base Mérimée: Ancienne abbaye Sainte-Marie, Ministère français de la Culture. (in French)

Further reading

  • Georges d'Anglejan, Marie-Noël de Gary, 2014: "L'abbaye de Longues"
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