Abbey of St.

Vincent, Laon
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View of Laon with the abbey in the foreground (drawing by Fleury, 17th century)
The Abbey of St. Vincent, Laon (French: Abbaye Saint-Vincent de Laon) was a Bene
dictine monastery in Laon, Picardy, norfthern France. It was founded in c. 580 a
nd initially followed the Rule of St. Columbanus, adopting the Rule of St. Bened
ict in 948.[1][2][3][4]
In November 882, after the monks had been decimated by the Viking invaders, the
abbey was sacked, pillaged, burned and ruined.[5]
A 13th-century wall painting to the left of the altar was discovered in 1769 by
Canon Villette (archdeacon of the church of Laon) showing three generations of t
he chevaliers d'Eppes (Jehan died in 1273, a younger Jehan who died in 1293, and
a third family member with no epitaph).
In 1359 during the Hundred Years War the troops of Edward III of England attacke
d a poorly fortified part of the town called la Villette and set fire to the abb
ey, destroying its rich library.[6]
Geoffroy de Billy, later dput aux tats-gnraux for the region of Blois from 1576 to 15
77,[7] became abbot of Saint-Vincent and also of abbey of Saint-Jean, Amiens.[8]
In 1561, he fought against Protestantism when he was involved in the case of Ni
cole Obry, known as Nicole de Vervins, at which time he exorcised 30 devils, inc
luding four from Nicole herself.[9][10]
The abbey was suppressed during the French Revolution. Many of the buildings wer
e dismantled and the materials sold off, and others were destroyed later in the
19th century, leaving the abbot's lodging as the only surviving structure, to wh
ich a fire on 14 June 2008, apparently arson, caused serious damage.[11]
Gallery[edit]
View of the former abbey and the church

Faade of the abbot's lodgihg after the fire of 2008

Abbey wall forming part of the ramparts of Laon

Abbey church interior 1860

References[edit]
Jump up ^ Maximilien Melleville, Histoire de la ville de Laon et de ses institut
ions - L'abbaye Saint-Vincent de Laon [archive], 1846, p. 108.
Jump up ^ Monuments Hisorique entry.
Jump up ^ Bulletin de la Socit Acadmique de Laon (d. Fleury et Ad. Chevergny, 1856)
page 409.
Jump up ^ Dom Robert Wyard, Histoire de l'abbaye de Saint-Vincent de Laon, 1858
(1re d. v. 1680/1685) p 115.
Jump up ^ Dom Robert Wyard, Histoire de l'abbaye de Saint-Vincent de Laon, 1858
(1re d. v. 1680/1685) p97.
Jump up ^ Dom Robert Wyard, Histoire de l'abbaye de Saint-Vincent de Laon, 1858
(1re d. v. 1680/1685) p 483.
Jump up ^ Jean-Antoine Roucher, Antoine Perrin, Louis d'Ussieux, Collection univ
erselle des mmoires particuliers relatifs l'histoire de France, s.n., 1789, v. 51
, p. 398.
Jump up ^ Franois-Alexandre Aubert de La Chesnaye-Desbois, Badier, Dictionnaire d
e la noblesse, contenant les gnalogies, l'histoire & la chronologie des familles n
obles de la France, l'explication de leurs armes et l'tat des grandes terres du r
oyaume : On a joint ce dictionnaire le tableau gnalogique et historique des maisons
souveraines de l'Europe , Schlesinger frres, 1864, v.3, p. 28
Jump up ^ J. Roger Histoire de Nicole de Vervins d'aprs les historiens contempora
ins et tmoins oculaires, ou Le triomphe du Saint Sacrement sur le dmon Laon en 156
6 [archive], publi par H. Plon, 1863 p. 133
Jump up ^ A modern account of the case of Nicole Obry (Aubrey) in English, which
however does not mention de Billy
Jump up ^ lunion.presse.fr
Sources[edit]
Website relating to the abbey (French)
Coordinates: 49.5564N 3.6169E
Categories: Benedictine monasteries in FranceMonasteries in AisneLaon
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