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Abbey of St John the Baptist de Falaise

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Location	:	Falaise, Departement du Calvados, France
Coordinate	:	48.8947220, -0.1944440
Description	:	Abbey of St John the Baptist de Falaise 48 ° 53 ′ 41 ″ north, 0 ° 11 ′ 40 ″ west 48.894722, -0.194444 6 Rue des Prémontrés, 14700 Falaise, F rance VRV4+V6M Falaise, France 12th Century The Abbey of Saint-Jean-Baptiste de Falaise is one of many Premonstratensian monasteries founded by Saint Martin 3rd Bishop of Tours in the 4th century located on the territory of Château de Falaise, commune of Falaise, in the department of Calvados, in the country of France. In 1100 the lords of Falaise granted the newly formed Knights of Saint John of Jerusalem (The Knights Hospitaller) this site. The first... Read More	Abbey of St John the Baptist de Falaise 48 ° 53 ′ 41 ″ north, 0 ° 11 ′ 40 ″ west 48.894722, -0.194444 6 Rue des Prémontrés, 14700 Falaise, F rance VRV4+V6M Falaise, France 12th Century The Abbey of Saint-Jean-Baptiste de Falaise is one of many Premonstratensian monasteries founded by Saint Martin 3rd Bishop of Tours in the 4th century located on the territory of Château de Falaise, commune of Falaise, in the department of Calvados, in the country of France. In 1100 the lords of Falaise granted the newly formed Knights of Saint John of Jerusalem (The Knights Hospitaller) this site. The first establishment was a hospital subject to the rules of the canons of Saint Augustine and intended for the poor. Next Saint-Jean school was built (A bourgeois from Falaise named Gonfroy had a church built around 1066 under the name of Saint Michael near the hospital he had founded and where he gave himself to the service of the poor) The community adopted the rule of Saint Augustine, like most hospitals then it closed in 1127 and a new church was formed. Jean, Bishop of Séez, consecrated it to Saint John the Baptist as well as dormitories in 1127. Sir Knight Richard de Hill (de Normandie), grandson of King William de Normandie, was a founding member of the Knights of Saint John and detramential in bringing the Knights Hospitaller to France founding many St John the Baptist Churches throughout France and England before dieing in a hunting accident in Hampshire, England on his grandfathers Park New Forest. His son Bishop Oseberre de Hil was the churchs first Bishop serving 1127—1134 until several clerics gathered to build a new church he moved on to Lanneanou and formed église Saint-Jean Baptiste there becoming their first Bishop 1132-1200 dieng there at 100 years old. The Bishop of Séez consecrated the new church in 1134 and Roger de Vitry the Bishop. The heritage of the abbey was enriched in the 12th century by the extravagance of Henri II and Jean sans Terre. 13th Century On September 14, 1260, the abbey hosted a provincial meeting chaired by the Archbishop of Rouen, Eudes Rigaud1. The bishops of Séez, Avranches, Coutances and Lisieux are present. 15th Century On November 4, 1417, the English army occupied Guibray and besieged Falaise from the Saint-Michel fields, lands of the abbey. The English occupation which followed does not seem to have disturbed conventual life. The monks continued to serve the chapels of the castle, which depended on the abbey. In 1450, the army of Jean de Dunois, which had established its headquarters in the abbey, also laid siege to Falaise from the Saint-Michel fields1. sixteenth century 16th Century In 1541, at the time of the first commendatory abbot appointed by Francis I, Ambroise d'Ossonvilliers, the original hospital building was destroyed. He reduced the number of religious from 20 to 8, felled the trees in order to resell them for his sole profit4. During the wars of religion, Louis de Montgommery, second commendatory abbot, did not play the role of mediator with his brother Gabriel de Montgommery, which however had been entrusted to him by King Charles IX. Gabriel de Montgommery seized Falaise in 1568, sacked it, and even saw the doors of the abbey opened by his brother, who had also been reformed. Louis de Montgommery was killed on March 14, 1574 in his abbey church by Thomas Desplanches, an officer in the Matignon army from Caen. The wars of the league continued to ravage the abbey, in particular during the siege of the city in 1590 by Henri IV, Protestant king whom Falaise rejected. The church is then damaged. The material toll was heavy in 1598, at the end of the conflict, and the abbey lost most of its titles, stolen or destroyed. 17th Century The chapel of Saint-Michel, dating from the 12th century, was destroyed in 1629. The reform of the Premonstratensian movement, called the Reform of Lorraine and aimed at returning to a more austere discipline, caused deep upheavals, as in most of the abbeys of order. In Saint-Jean-Baptiste de Falaise, it took place at the end of 1635, after several violent episodes between reformists and anti-reformists supported by Philippe Troussey the younger, Abbot of Blanchelande1. Eighteenth century Under the new monastic regime, the abbey enjoyed material and moral prosperity. Work almost completely renews all the conventual buildings and the church is enriched with furniture and liturgical ornaments. In 1689 alone, the abbey spent 4,492 pounds on ornaments. The number of religious rose to 17 in 1770, a dozen in 1791. 18th Century The abbey was stripped of its property in 1790 and the monks dispersed for good. Pictures painted by an anonymous in the manner of Eustache Restout (monk from Mondaye abbey who was an engraver and painter), the choir stalls, a pulpit and a lectern are transported to the Church of the Trinity of Cliff. The Saint-Gervais de Falaise church receives two paintings, including the Adoration of the Magi, a copy freely inspired by the engraving by Lucas Vorsterman after a painting by Rubens5. The church was used as barracks in 1793 and was razed in 17976. The abbey house was sold for 9000 pounds. 20th Century The remains of the abbey were destroyed by the bombardments of 1944, except for one wing of a convent building. 21th Century In the courtyard of the former Saint-Jean school, the only surviving wing of a conventual building remains. It is a two-storey building that included the sacristy and chapter house on the ground floor, the library on the first floor, and rooms on the second floor. The rue du Champ Saint-Michel recalls the memory of the hospital, its church and that of the Saint-Michel fair, granted to the priory in 1157 by Henri II. The rue des Prémontrés designates the site of the old abbey. In the church of Saint-Gervais de Falaise hangs an Adoration of the Shepherds from the abbey. The Falaise Trinity Church has a lectern transferred from the abbey in 17918, a pulpit9 and a Saint-Norbert painting. At Falaise castle remains the Saint-Prix chapel of the keep (very restored), which was served by the Premonstratensians of Saint-Jean-Baptiste. Some pieces (paintings and a chasublier) are said to still be present in the Falaise town hall [ref. necessary]. In Saint-Pierre-du-Bû, you can see the parish church and the priory house which depended on the abbey, built in 1735. Chapels In the castle of Falaise, the Premonstratensians celebrated masses in the two chapels: Saint-Nicolas and Saint-Prix. In Saint-Nicolas, they administered the sacraments to the governors and inhabitants of the castle, against an income that they received each year. In Cordey (Orne), the abbey celebrated once a year a mass in the Saint-Gilles chapel. In Guibray, the religious celebrated mass on Saint-Clair day in the chapel of the same name.

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