Saint-Cyran-du-Jambot () is a commune in the

Indre Indre (; oc, Endre) is a landlocked department in central France named after the river Indre. The inhabitants of the department are known as the ''Indriens'' (masculine; ) and ''Indriennes'' (feminine; ). Indre is part of the current administ ...

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in central France. Saint-Cyran's origins lie with a monastic foundation founded by Saint Sigiramnus (''Cyran'') in the 7th century.Alban Butler, Kathleen Jones, David Hugh Farmer, Paul Burns, ''Butler's lives of the saints'' (Published by Liturgical Press, 2000), 41-2. The foundation was first known as

Saint-Pierre de Longoret The Abbey of Saint-Cyran-en-Brenne, also known since 1975 as the Abbey of Saint-Michel-en-Brenne, and originally as Saint-Pierre de Longoret, is an abbey in the town of Saint-Michel-en-Brenne in France, previously in the province of Berry and now ...

(Longoretum, Lonrey) but was later named after its founder. In the 17th century,

Jean du Vergier de Hauranne Jean du Vergier de Hauranne, the Abbé (Abbot) of Saint-Cyran, (1581 – 6 October 1643) was a French Catholic priest who introduced Jansenism into France. Life Born in the city of Bayonne to a noble family, Vergier studied theology at the Catho ...

, known as the ''Abbé de Saint-Cyran'', served as abbot of this monastery. He was succeeded by his nephew

Martin de Barcos Martin de Barcos (1600–1678), was a French people, French Catholic priest and theologian of the Jansenist School. Life Barcos was born at Bayonne, a nephew of Jean du Vergier de Hauranne, the commendatory abbot of the Abbey of Saint-Cyran-en-B ...

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