Abbaye Saint-Mathieu De Fine-Terre
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The Abbey of Saint-Mathieu de Fine-Terre (french: Abbaye Saint-Mathieu de Fine-Terre; br, Abati Lokmazhe Penn-ar-Bed) is a former Breton monastery, whose ruins are found in the territory of what is now the commune of Plougonvelin on
Pointe Saint-Mathieu The pointe Saint-Mathieu (Lok Mazé in Breton) is a headland located near Le Conquet in the territory of the commune of Plougonvelin in France, flanked by 20m high cliffs. Village At present, there are only a few houses on the point, grouped aroun ...
(Breton: ''Beg Lokmazhe''), in the département of
Finistère Finistère (, ; br, Penn-ar-Bed ) is a department of France in the extreme west of Brittany. In 2019, it had a population of 915,090.
. The Abbey gives the cape its name. It was dedicated to Saint Matthew the Evangelist, whose skull it housed. It was a
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abbey, and was revived and reformed by the Maurists in the mid-17th century.Jean Ogée, 1778: ''Dictionnaire historique et géographique de la province de Bretagne (online)''
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History

According to legend the first abbey here was founded in the 6th century by
Saint Tanguy Saint Tanguy of Locmazhé, or Sant Tangi in Breton, († 594) was a Breton monk from Gerber ( Le Relecq). He founded the abbaye de Saint Matthieu at Le Conquet and is buried at Locmazhé (Finistère). Saint Tanguy is celebrated on 19 November ...
, chosen for its isolated location among the lands he had inherited, extending from the river of Caprel (haven of
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) to Penn ar Bed. This allowed the Abbey to be generally cut off from the world but still traversable via being close to the sea.


References


Bibliography

All unless otherwise noted. * Dom Yves Chaussy, ''L'abbaye de Saint-Mathieu de Fine-Terre, Esquisse de son histoire'', Bulletin de la Société Archéologique du Finistère, t. CXXII, 1993. * Y. Chevillotte, ''Recueil de textes sur l'abbaye de Saint-Mathieu de Fin-de-Terre'', Bulletin de l'association Histoires et choses d'autrefois à Plougonvelin, fascicule 17, 1997. * M-C Cloitre, ''L'abbaye retrouvée'', in ''Saint-Mathieu de Fine-Terre, actes du colloque'', Bannalec, 1995. * R. Daniel, ''La mort de l'abbaye bénédictine de Saint-Mathieu de Fine-Terre'', Bulletin de la Société Archéologique du Finistère, t. XCII, 1964. * J-Y Eveillard, ''La pointe Saint-Mathieu'', in ''Saint-Mathieu de Fine-Terre, actes du colloque'', Bannalec, 1995. * H. Guillotel, ''Les vicomtes de Léon sont-ils les fondateurs de l'abbaye de Saint-Mathieu ?'', in ''Saint Mathieu de Fine-Terre, actes du colloque'', Bannalec, 1995. * R. Largillière, ''Les saints dans l'organisation chrétienne primitive dans l'Armorique bretonne'', Crozon, 1995 * G. Le Duc, ''La Translation de saint Mathieu'', in ''Saint-Mathieu de Fine-Terre, actes du colloque'', Bannalec, 1995. * M. Le Goffic, ''Du probable agrandissement du collatéral sud de l'abbatiale au XIIIe siècle'', in ''Saint-Mathieu de Fine-Terre, actes du colloque'', Bannalec, 1995. * B. Merdrignac, ''Les Navigations fabuleuses dans les Vies des saints bretons'', in ''Saint-Mathieu de Fine-Terre, actes du colloque'', Bannalec, 1995. * F. Roudaut, ''L'abbaye de Saint-Mathieu, de l'introduction de la Réforme mauriste (1656) à la Révolution'', in ''Saint-Mathieu de Fine-Terre, actes du colloque'', Bannalec, 1995. * R. Sanquer, ''Plougonvelin, Abbaye de Saint-Mathieu'', Bulletin de la Société archéologique du Finistère, tome CI, 1973. * B. Tanguy, ''Saint-Mathieu, le haut Moyen Âge : légende et histoire'', in ''Saint-Mathieu de Fine-Terre, actes du colloque'', Bannalec, 1995. * A. Villecroux, ''La "Navigation" des moines de Saint-Mathieu'', in ''Saint-Mathieu de Fine-Terre, actes du colloque'', Bannalec, 1995. Buildings and structures in Finistère Benedictine monasteries in France Ruins in Brittany Tourist attractions in Finistère Monuments historiques of Finistère {{Brittany-stub