Saint-Amand Abbey

Saint-Amand Abbey, when known as Elno, Elnon or Elnone Abbey, is a previous Benedictine monastery in Saint-Amand-les-Eaux, Nord, France. The convent was established at some point during the 630s in what was at one time an incredible tract of uninhabited land in the Vicoigne Forest between the Scarpe and the stream called the Elnon, from which the cloister took its first name, Elnon Abbey. The originator was Saint Amand of Maastricht, under the support of Dagobert I.

The name of the holy person in the end moved toward becoming connected both to the convent and the town that grew up round it. Aside from its extensive impact on the scene, the convent turned into a noteworthy focus of concentrate amid the Carolingian Renaissance. Eminent individuals from the network included Milo of Saint-Amand, creator of a Life of Saint Amand, and his nephew, Hucbald of Saint-Amand, a prominent music scholar and author.

The nunnery was completely demolished by the Normans toward the finish of the ninth century. In spite of the fact that modified, it was as often as possible devastated by flame and the episodes of war, and was not totally reestablished until the seventeenth century, to an eager and much-respected arrangement executed by Abbot Nicolas du Bois. In 1616-1617 Peter Paul Rubens painted another high altarpiece for the religious community church, the Saint Stephen Triptych.