Saint-Antoine-l'Abbaye, Isère, France, OSM

Saint-Antoine-l'Abbaye (), also Saint-Antoine-en-Viennois, is a

commune A commune is an alternative term for an intentional community. Commune or comună or comune or other derivations may also refer to: Administrative-territorial entities * Commune (administrative division), a municipality or township ** Communes of ...

in the

Isère Isère ( , ; frp, Isera; oc, Isèra, ) is a landlocked department in the southeastern French region of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. Named after the river Isère, it had a population of 1,271,166 in 2019.department Department may refer to: * Departmentalization, division of a larger organization into parts with specific responsibility Government and military *Department (administrative division), a geographical and administrative division within a country, ...

in southeastern

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. On 31 December 2015, the former commune of

Dionay Dionay () is a former commune in the Isère department in southeastern France. On 31 December 2015, it was merged into the new commune of Saint-Antoine-l'Abbaye.Arrêté préfectoral
30 September 2015 Formerly known as La-Motte-Saint-Didier, it was renamed after becoming the home of purported

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Saint Anthony the Great Anthony the Great ( grc-gre, Ἀντώνιος ''Antṓnios''; ar, القديس أنطونيوس الكبير; la, Antonius; ; c. 12 January 251 – 17 January 356), was a Christian monk from Egypt, revered since his death as a saint. He is d ...

in the 11th century, and shortly afterwards of the original house of the

Hospital Brothers of St. Anthony The Hospital Brothers of Saint Anthony, Order of Saint Anthony or Canons Regular of Saint Anthony of Vienne (''Canonici Regulares Sancti Antonii'', or CRSAnt), also Antonines or Antonites, were a Roman Catholic congregation founded in c. 1095, wi ...

, founded here in 1095 as the result of miraculous cures from St. Anthony's Fire ascribed to the relics. It was set up as a

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community, whose

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s cared for the shrine and the relics, while the Brothers cared for those suffering from the then common malady of St. Anthony's Fire. Over the course of the next two centuries, disputes between the Antonines and the Benedictines arose repeatedly. The Antonines were formed into an Order of

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in 1297. At that time the Benedictine monks were removed from the shrine, which was entrusted to the Antonines. In 1890 the

Canons Regular of the Immaculate Conception The Canons Regular of the Immaculate Conception ( la, Congregatio Canonicorum Regularium Immaculatæ Conceptionis) are a Catholic religious order for men founded in France in 1871. They follow the Augustinian Rule and are part of the Order of Cano ...

were given the Abbey of St. Antony, which was the

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of the congregation and it maintained that role from 1890 until 1903, when, following the anti-clerical laws passed by the French government in 1901, the community was transferred to

Andora Andora ( lij, Andeua), or Marina di Andora, is a town on the Italian Riviera in the region of Liguria, included in the province of Savona. Geography and climate Andora is situated in the western part of the Italian Riviera between Capo Mele i ...

, in the

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Monuments

The village is since 2009 one of the most beautiful village of France, and hosts many monuments, the most important is the

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and the abbey.

Population

Mayors

Twin towns

Saint-Antoine-l'Abbaye is twinned with: *

Sermoneta Sermoneta is a hill town and ''comune'' in the province of Latina (Lazio), central Italy. It is a walled hill town, with a 13th-century Romanesque cathedral called Cathedral of Santa Maria Assunta and a massive castle, built by the Caetani f ...

, Italy, since 2007

References

External links

* http://www.musee-saint-antoine.fr/ * http://www.tourisme.pays-saint-marcellin.fr/ Communes of Isère Plus Beaux Villages de France Anthony the Great Isère communes articles needing translation from French Wikipedia {{Isère-geo-stub