Mont-Saint-Éloi
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Mont-Saint-Éloi (Script error: No such module "IPA".; Template:Langx) is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France[2] Script error: No such module "convert". northwest of Arras, on the banks of the river Scarpe.
Population
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Mont Saint-Éloi Abbey
The monastery was founded in the 7th century by Vindicianus, bishop of Arras and devotee of Saint Eligius. The bishop was buried in the nearby Bois d'Ecoives, but his relics were subsequently removed to the Abbey Church of St. Joseph, which was enlarged in the 11th century. The abbey adopted the Rule of Saint Augustine, and was the motherhouse of St. Botolph's Priory in Colchester.[3] The medieval buildings were demolished in 1750 to make way for a church and convent, necessitated by the aging and shallow foundations of the old abbey.
During the French Revolution, the monks left and the abbey was converted into a quarry and pillaged for the stone.[4] What remained of the towers and facade serving as a military observation point during the First World War. In 1915 heavy shelling damaged the towers. It is a protected monument.[5]
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The menhirs
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Menhirs
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Écoivres village
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Features on the church spire
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Aerial view of the countryside
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Aerial view
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Aerial view of the abbey
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Towers of the abbey of Mont Saint-Éloi
See also
References
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- ↑ INSEE commune file
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- ↑ "One of the biggest abbeys of the Hauts-de-France", Arras Pays d’Artois Tourisme
- ↑ "Ancienne église abbatiale à Mont-Saint-Eloi", Monumentum, Carte des Monuments Historiques français
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External links
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