Collegiate Church Of Saint-Barnard
The Collegiate Church of Saint-Barnard is a former collegiate church in Romans-sur-Isère, France, founded in 838 by Saint Bernard of Vienne on the banks of the Isère river. The church is the subject of a classification as historical monuments by the list of 1840, supplemented by a classification in 1942 for the classification of the plots of land around it. History Barnard, Archbishop of Vienne, built a Benedictine abbey in 838 on the right bank of the Isère, near a very busy ford. He dedicated his monastery to Saint Peter and Saint Paul. Barnard died in 842. He was canonized in 944, and because of this The name of Saint-Barnard gradually took hold. In 860, the abbey was devastated by the Normans during their raid in the Rhone Valley. It was rebuilt from 908 by Abbé David, who was installed by the Archbishop of Vienne Alexandre. The reconstruction is continued by Abbot Fortunius and is still not finished in 917. Hostilities will appear between the Archbishop of Vienne So ...
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