Abbey of Saint Bertin
About Abbey of Saint Bertin
The Abbey of St. Bertin was a Benedictine monastic abbey in Saint Omer, France, which now in ruins which are open to the public. It became to start with devoted to St. Peter but turned into rededicated to its 2d abbot, St. Bertin. The abbey is understood for its Latin cartulary whose first element is attributed to St Folquin. The abbey become based on the banks of the Aa in the 7th century by using Bishop Audomar of Therouanne, who is now higher referred to as St. Omer. He despatched the monks Bertin, Momelin, and Ebertram from Sithiu to proselytize most of the pagans inside the vicinity.
The abbey quickly have become one of the most influential monasteries in northern Europe and ranked in significance with Elton and St. Vast. Its library blanketed the codex of the Leiden Aerate, from which copies were made. The Annals of St Bertin are an crucial supply of the records of 9th-century France. The abbey ceased to flourish after the 13th century, even though it survived until its closure throughout the French Revolution. In 1830, the commune ordered the demolition of the church, even though they spared the tower.
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