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Abbaye Saint-Victor (Marseille)
Abbey of St Victor may refer to: * Abbey of St Victor, Marseille * Abbey of Saint-Victor, Paris * abbey and namesake of Saint-Victor-l'Abbaye {{disambig ...
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Abbey Of St Victor, Marseille
The Abbey of Saint-Victor is a former abbey that was founded during the late Ancient Rome, Roman period in Marseille in the south of France, named after the local soldier saint and martyr, Victor of Marseilles. History The crypts of the abbey contains artefacts indicating the presence of a quarry that was active during the Greek period and later became a necropolis from 2 BC onward until Christian times. In 415, Christian monk and theologian John Cassian, having come from the monasteries of Egypt, founded two monasteries at Marseille — the Abbey of Saint Victor for men in the south of the Old Port of Marseille, Vieux-Port, as well as the Abbey of Saint Sauveur the other for women in the south of :fr:Place de Lenche, Place de Lenche. The Abbey of Saint Victor was later affected during the fifth century by the Semipelagianism, Semipelagian heresy, which began with some of Cassian's writings. Both monasteries suffered from invasions by the Vikings and Saracens, and were destroyed ...
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Abbey Of Saint-Victor, Paris
The Abbey of Saint Victor, Paris, also known as Royal Abbey and School of Saint Victor, was an abbey near Paris, France. Its origins are connected to the decision of William of Champeaux, the Archdeacon of Paris, to retire to a small hermitage near Paris in 1108. He took on the life, vocation and observances of the Canons Regular, and his new community followed the Augustinian Rule. William was famed for his teaching, and was followed to his hermitage by many of his disciples, including Peter Abelard, and was convinced by them to take up his lecturing again. William was made Bishop of Châlons-sur-Marne in 1113, and was succeeded in his hermitage at St. Victor's by Gilduin, who promoted the canonical order and its new abbey vigorously. Through generous gifts from popes, kings, queens, and nobles, the Abbey of St. Victor was soon richly endowed. Many houses of canons regular came under its influence and were reformed through its leadership, including the Abbey of Ste Geneviève (P ...
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