Abbaye Saint-Étienne de Bassac dans Monasticon Gallicanum

Bassac Abbey (french: Abbaye Saint-Étienne de Bassac) is a former

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monastery in Bassac,

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, France, in the former diocese of Saintes . The abbey was founded in 1002 by Wardrade Lorichès, count of la Marche and first known Lord of

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, and his brother Iso,

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. In 1095 the abbey was made subordinate to the abbey of

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but regained its independence in 1246. Bassac Abbey was largely reconstructed under Guillaume de Vibrac, abbot from 1247 to 1286. It was suppressed in 1791 during the

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. The buildings were sold off as ''biens nationaux'' ("state property") except for the church, which became the parish church. From 1947 to 2012 the surviving buildings were occupied and partly restored by the Congrégation des frères missionnaires de Sainte-Thérèse de l’Enfant Jésus. The site was sold in 2015 to a trust ("") for renovation as a "cultural and spiritual space of international dimensions" ("").Olivier Sarazin, ''Abbaye de Bassac (16): un ambitieux projet présenté ce soir à Paris'', in ''Sud Ouest'', 21 August 2020
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