Abbey of Notre Dame aux Nonnains
The Abbey of Notre Dame aux Nonnains (French: Abbaye de Notre-Dame-aux-Nonnains: Abbey of Our Lady of the Nuns), also called the Royal Abbey of Our Lady of Troyes (French: Abbaye royale de Notre-Dame de Troyes), was a convent founded before the 7th century in Troyes, France.The non-cloistered canonesses became wealthy and powerful in the Middle Ages.In 1266–68 they defied the pope and used force to delay construction of the collegiate Church of St Urbain.They were excommunicated as a result.Later the abbey adopted a cloistered rule. The nuns became impoverished.Work started on building a new convent in 1778 but was only partially completed before the French Revolution (1789–99).The abbey was closed in 1792 and the church was demolished.The convent became the seat of the prefecture of Aube.
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Abbey of Notre Dame aux Nonnains
The Abbey of Notre Dame aux Nonnains (French: Abbaye de Notre-Dame-aux-Nonnains: Abbey of Our Lady of the Nuns), also called the Royal Abbey of Our Lady of Troyes (French: Abbaye royale de Notre-Dame de Troyes), was a convent founded before the 7th century in Troyes, France.The non-cloistered canonesses became wealthy and powerful in the Middle Ages.In 1266–68 they defied the pope and used force to delay construction of the collegiate Church of St Urbain.They were excommunicated as a result.Later the abbey adopted a cloistered rule. The nuns became impoverished.Work started on building a new convent in 1778 but was only partially completed before the French Revolution (1789–99).The abbey was closed in 1792 and the church was demolished.The convent became the seat of the prefecture of Aube.
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L'abbaye Notre-Dame-aux-Nonnai ...... ture de l'Aube au XIXe siècle.
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The Abbey of Notre Dame aux No ...... eat of the prefecture of Aube.
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Saint Luzon, Bishop of Troyes
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Troyes, France
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Abbey of Notre Dame aux Nonnains
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Abbaye de Notre-Dame-aux-Nonnains
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Abbaye royale de Notre-Dame de Troyes
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L'abbaye Notre-Dame-aux-Nonnai ...... ture de l'Aube au XIXe siècle.
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The Abbey of Notre Dame aux No ...... eat of the prefecture of Aube.
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Abbaye Notre-Dame-aux-Nonnains
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Abbey of Notre Dame aux Nonnains
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