Saint Alban's Abbey, Mainz
St. Alban's Abbey, Mainz (Stift St. Alban vor Mainz) originated as a Benedictine abbey, founded in 787 or 796 by Archbishop Richulf (787–813) in honour of Saint Alban of Mainz, located to the south of Mainz on the hill later called the ''Albansberg''. It was turned into a collegiate foundation.(''Herrenstift'') in 1442. The buildings were entirely destroyed in 1552, The foundation retained a legal existence until its formal dissolution in 1802. History The Stift St. Alban vor Mainz originated as a Benedictine abbey, founded in 787 or 796 by Archbishop Richulf (787–813) in honour of Saint Alban of Mainz. The abbey was founded near the basilica of Saint Alban founded in 413 and developed as part of the Carolingian Renaissance. In 805 the Carolingian basilica was consecrated, comprising three naves, but possibly originally without the transept and the two apses. At the western end was a hall the same size as the main nave, above which was a chapel of St. Michael. The two wes ...
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