Switzerland
Engelberg Abbey (1120): the “Mountain of Angels” Pointed Out by Heavenly Powers, at the Foot of the Titlis
Secondo la leggenda, furono forze celesti a indicare il sito su cui sorgere: da qui il nome latino…
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France
Fécamp Abbey (658–1001): the Fig Trunk with the Blood of Christ, Which Came from the Mediterranean to the Coast of Normandy
Secondo la leggenda, durante la sepoltura di Cristo, Nicodemo raccolse alcune particelle del suo sangue e le affidò…
France
Fleury Abbey (around 640): It Holds the Relics of Saint Benedict, but Montecassino Has Never Admitted Losing Them
Intorno al 672, secondo la tradizione, il secondo abate di Fleury, Mommolo, trasferì qui le reliquie di San…
France
Fontevraud Abbey (1101): the Royal Necropolis of the Plantagenets, Willed by Eleanor of Aquitaine as Her Dynasty’s Saint-Denis
Nel cuore dei territori della dinastia, Fontevraud divenne dal 1189 la necropoli reale dei Plantageneti: qui riposano Enrico…
France
Fontfroide Abbey (1093): the Murder of One of Its Monks Set Off the Crusade Against the Cathars
Nominato legato papale per estirpare l'eresia catara, il monaco di Fontfroide Pierre de Castelnau fu assassinato nel 1208,…
France
Fontgombault Abbey (1091): the Romanesque church that became a button factory and a military hospital, before the monks came back in 1948
Espulsi dalla Francia nel 1905 dalle leggi anticlericali, i monaci lasciarono Fontgombault vuota per oltre quarant'anni: l'edificio divenne…
Austria
Göttweig Abbey (1083): in 1564 Not a Single Monk Was Left, Then a Fire in 1718 Made It Rise Again as the Escorial of Austria
Tra il 1556 e il 1564 l'abbazia di Göttweig rimase senza un abate, e nel 1564 non vi…
Austria
Heiligenkreuz Abbey (1133–1188): the Relic of the True Cross Given by the King of Jerusalem, in the Oldest Cistercian Monastery in the World
Nel 1182, Baldovino IV, il "re lebbroso" di Gerusalemme, donò al duca Leopoldo V d'Austria un frammento della…
United Kingdom
Iona Abbey (563): the cradle of Scottish Christianity, where Vikings killed 68 monks in a single day
Nel 563, san Colombano approdò su questa piccola isola delle Ebridi con dodici compagni irlandesi e vi fondò…
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