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Encyclopedia > Bec Abbey

Bec Abbey (French: Abbaye Notre-Dame du Bec) in Le Bec-Hellouin, Normandy, France, is a Benedictine monastic foundation in the Eure département, in a valley midway between the cities of Rouen and Le Havre. Le Bec-Hellouin is a commune in France, in the département of Eure and the region of Haute-Normandie. ... Flag of Normandy Normandy (in French: Normandie, and in Norman: Normaundie) is a geographical region in northern France. ... Munichs city symbol celebrates its founding by Benedictine monks—the origin of its name A Benedictine is a person who follows the Rule of St Benedict. ... Eure is a département in the north of France named after the Eure River. ... The départements (or departments) are administrative units of France and many former French colonies, roughly analogous to English counties. ... Rouen Cathedral The entrance to Rouen Cathedral The Church of Jean dArc Abbey church of Saint-Ouen, (chevet) in Rouen Rouen, medieval house Rue St-Romain on a rainy day in Rouen Rouen (pronounced in French, sometimes also ) is the historical capital city of Normandy, in northwestern France on... Le Havre is a city in Normandy, northern France, on the English Channel, at the mouth of the Seine. ...

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First foundation

It was founded in 1039 by Herluin, a Norman knight who in about 1031 left the court of Gilbert, Count of Brionne, to devote himself to a life of religion: the commune of Le Bec-Hellouin preserves his name. Events June 4 - Henry III becomes King of Germany. ... Norman conquests in red. ... Events Collapse of the Moorish Caliphate of Córdoba. ... Gilbert/Giselbert Crispin, Count of Brionne and Eu, (b 979? or 986? - d. ... The commune is the lowest level of administrative division in the French Republic. ...


With the arrival of Lanfranc of Pavia - already famous for his lectures at Avranches, who came to teach as prior and master of the monastic school but left in 1062, to become abbot of Caen (and later Archbishop of Canterbury) - Bec became a principal center of 11th century intellectual life. Lanfranc was followed as abbot by Anselm, also later an Archbishop of Canterbury. The fifth abbot, Theobald of Bec, also went on to Canterbury. The future Pope Alexander II and many bishops came from the school at Bec. Lanfranc (d. ... Avranches is a commune of Normandy, France, in the Manche département, of which it is a sous-préfecture. ... Events Founding of Marrakech The Almoravids overrun Morocco and establish a kingdom from Spain to Senegal. ... Caen (pronounced /kɑ̃/) is a commune of northwestern France. ... The Archbishop of Canterbury is the spiritual leader and senior clergyman of the Church of England, recognized by convention as the head of the worldwide Anglican Communion. ... As a means of recording the passage of time, the 11th century was that century which lasted from 1001 to 1100. ... Saint Anselm of Canterbury (1033 or 1034 – April 21, 1109) was an Italian medieval philosopher and theologian, who held the office of Archbishop of Canterbury from 1093 to 1109. ... Theobald (died April 18, 1161) was Archbishop of Canterbury from 1138 to 1161. ... Alexander II (died April 21, 1073), born Anselmo da Baggio , Pope from 1061 to 1073, was a native of Milan. ...


The followers of William the Conqueror sponsored Bec, enriching the abbey with extensive manors and other holdings in England. Bec also owned and managed St Neots Priory as well as a number of other British foundations. It was damaged during the Wars of Religion and left a ruin in the French Revolution. William I ( 1027 – September 9, 1087), was King of England from 1066 to 1087. ... Motto (French) God and my right Anthem God Save the King (Queen) England() – on the European continent() – in the United Kingdom() Capital (and largest city) London (de facto) Official languages English (de facto) Government Constitutional monarchy  -  Queen Queen Elizabeth II  -  Prime Minister Tony Blair MP Unification  -  by Athelstan 967  Area... St Neots Priory was a Benedictine monastery in what is now the town of St Neots in the English county of Cambridgeshire within the district of Huntingdonshire. ... The French Wars of Religion were a series of conflicts fought between the Catholic League and the Huguenots from the middle of the sixteenth century to the Edict of Nantes in 1598. ... The French Revolution (1789–1815) was a period of political and social upheaval in the political history of France and Europe as a whole, during which the French governmental structure, previously an absolute monarchy with feudal privileges for the aristocracy and Catholic clergy, underwent radical change to forms based on...


Notably, the 15th century St. Nicholas Tower of the medieval monastery is still standing.[1] Saint Nicholas, also known as Nikolaus in Germany and Sinterklaas (a contracted form of Sint Nicolaas) in the Netherlands and Flanders, is the common name for the historical Saint Nicholas of Myra, who lived in 4th century Byzantine Anatolia, (now in modern Turkey) and had a reputation for secret gift...


The founder, Herluin, later achieved sainthood. His life (Vita Herluini) was written by Abbot Gilbert Crispin. Archbishop Lanfranc also wrote a Chronicon Beccense of the life of Herluin, and of the first four abbots, which was published at Paris, 1648. Abbot Gilbert Crispin (1055?-1117), Christian author and monk. ...


Second foundation

In 1948 the site was re-settled as the Abbaye de Notre-Dame du Bec by Benedictine monks led by Dom Grammont, who effected some restorations. Bec-Helluin abbey is known for its links with Anglicanism and has been visited by successive archbishops of Canterbury. The abbey library contains the John Graham Bishop deposit of 5000 works concerning Anglicanism. 1948 (MCMXLVIII) was a leap year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 1948 calendar). ...


See also

List of abbeys and priories is a link list for any abbey or priory. ... Lanfranc (d. ... Saint Anselm of Canterbury (1033 or 1034 – April 21, 1109) was an Italian medieval philosopher and theologian, who held the office of Archbishop of Canterbury from 1093 to 1109. ... Ivo (Yves) (born about 1040; died 1117) was bishop of Chartres from 1090-1117 and an important ecclesiastical figure and canon lawyer during the Investiture Crisis. ...

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Abbey of Bec (1062 words)
The Benedictine Abbey of Bec, or Le Bec, in Normandy, was founded in the earlier part of the eleventh century by Herluin, a Norman knight who about 1031 left the court of Count Gilbert of Brionne to devote himself to a life of religion.
The future archbishop and Doctor of the Church first came to Bec in 1060 while the work of building was in progress, and the year before the monks were able to move into their new home.
In its later years the Abbey of Bec was but one among many religious houses doing good work for learning and religion, but in the golden age of Lanfranc and Anselm it held a unique position, and exerted a far-reaching influence on the course of church history and the advancement of theological learning.
Britannia History: Cleeve Abbey (Somerset) (533 words)
It was founded as a prebend of the famous Norman Abbey of Bec but, as the distance made it difficult for the latter effectively to control it, the Somersetshire house was leased to the Cistercians in return for an annual rent of forty marks.
Certainly, this poor little abbey had the good-will of its neighbours, for it is on record that they were very anxious to avert its dissolution, urging, amongst other things, that there were in it, seventeen priests of honest life who kept hospitality.
The abbey was granted to Robert, Earl of Sussex, and by him or his successors the church was destroyed for the value of its materials; but the domestic buildings survived and were used as the outbuildings of a farm.
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