Lyre Abbey
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Lyre Abbey (French: L'abbaye Notre-Dame de Lyre) was a monastery in Normandy, founded in 1046 at what is now the village of La Vieille-Lyre. From the mid-12th century it was a Benedictine house. It was abolished at the French Revolution and the abbey buildings mostly destroyed.
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Monastery information | |
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Full name | The Abbey of Our Lady of Lyre |
Other names | Abbaye Notre-Dame de Lyre |
Order | by mid-12th century Benedictine |
Established | 1046 |
Disestablished | 1790 |
Dedicated to | Virgin Mary |
Diocese | Rouen |
People | |
Founder(s) | William FitzOsbern, Lord of Breteuil, Earl of Hereford. |
Important associated figures | Robert de Beaumont, Earl of Leicester, Thomas Becket, Cardinals Jean Le Veneur, Hippolyte d'Este, Louis d’Este, Louis of Lorraine (1586-1588), Louis of Lorraine (1593-1598), Jacques Davy Duperron, Armand Gaston Maximilien de Rohan Maurists. |
Site | |
Location | La Vieille-Lyre, Eure, France |
Coordinates | 48.9183°N 0.75°E / 48.9183; 0.75 |
Visible remains | part of abbot’s residence |
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