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Abbaye Saint-Honorat (Tarascon)
Saint-Honorat Abbey (''Abbaye Notre-Dame et Saint-Honorat de Tarascon'') was a convent of Benedictine nuns in Tarascon, then within the Diocese of Avignon in Bouches-du-Rhône. Founded in 1352https://provence-alpes-cotedazur.com/en/things-to-do/culture-and-heritage/places/vestiges-de-lancienne-abbaye-saint-honorat-tarascon-en-3326152/ it was suppressed in 1790 in the early stages of the French Revolution. See also * Lérins Abbey Lérins Abbey () is a Cistercian monastery on the island of Saint-Honorat, one of the Lérins Islands, on the French Riviera, with an active monastic community. There has been a monastic community there since the 5th century. The constructio ... References Benedictine nunneries in France Former Christian monasteries in France Honorat Monuments historiques of Bouches-du-Rhône {{France-Christian-monastery-stub ...
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Saint-Honorat
Honoratus (; – 6 January 429) was the founder of Lérins Abbey who later became an early Archbishop of Arles. He is honored as a saint in the Catholic and Eastern Orthodox Churches. Life Honoratus was born in the north of Gaul to a consular Roman family. He received an outstanding education. He converted to Christianity with his brother Venantius and embarked with him from Marseille about 368, under the guidance of a holy person named Caprasius, to visit the holy places of Palestine and the lauræ of Syria and Egypt. The sudden death of Venantius at Methone, Achaia prevented the pious travellers from going further. They returned to Gaul through Italy, and, after having stopped at Rome, Honoratus went on into Provence. Encouraged by Leontius of Fréjus, he took up his abode on the wild Lérins Island today called the Île Saint-Honorat, with the intention of living there in solitude. Lerins Numerous disciples soon gathered around Honoratus, including Lupus of Troyes, Euche ...
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