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The Abbey of Saint-Cybard was a
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* {{Coord, 45.653, 0.150, type:landmark_region:FR, display=title Benedictine monasteries in France 6th-century establishments in Francia Angoulême
The Abbey of Saint-Cybard was a Benedictine
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monastery located just outside the northern city walls of Angoulême.
According to Gregory of Tours in the ''Historia Francorum'' (VI, 8), the monastery was founded by Saint Eparchius in the sixth century. Little is known about the institution after its founding until 852, when King Charles the Bald
Charles the Bald (french: Charles le Chauve; 13 June 823 – 6 October 877), also known as Charles II, was a 9th-century king of West Francia (843–877), king of Italy (875–877) and emperor of the Carolingian Empire (875–877). After a ...
confirmed a series of gifts to the abbey made by Abbot Launus, who was also the bishop of Angoulême.
It suffered along with other monasteries and cities of the region during the Norman invasions of the ninth century, but adopted the Benedictine rule in 938. Between 1075 and 1087 Count Fulk of Angoulême handed Saint-Cybard over to the Cluniac
The Cluniac Reforms (also called the Benedictine Reform) were a series of changes within medieval monasticism of the Western Church focused on restoring the traditional monastic life, encouraging art, and caring for the poor. The movement began wi ...
abbey of Saint-Jean-d'Angély
Saint-Jean-d'Angély (; Saintongeais: ''Sént-Jhan-d'Anjhéli'') is a commune in the Charente-Maritime department in southwestern France.
The commune has its historical origins in the Abbey of Saint-Jean-d'Angély.
Royal abbey
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. While Saint-Jean's abbot was to appoint the abbot of Saint-Cybard, it was not until 1098 or 1099 when the monks of Saint-Cybard were forced to accept the arrangement. This relationship ended in 1161.Musset, "Cartulaire de Saint-Jean-d’Angély t.2," 185–7.
In 1568, during the Wars of Religion
A religious war or a war of religion, sometimes also known as a holy war ( la, sanctum bellum), is a war which is primarily caused or justified by differences in religion. In the modern period, there are frequent debates over the extent to wh ...
, Protestants seized Angoulême and destroyed the monastery. There now remains only the north side of the abbey church along with sections of the chapels located in the northwest corner of what was once the cloister.
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*Adémar de Chabannes
Adémar de Chabannes (988/989 – 1034; also Adhémar de Chabannes) was a French/Frankish monk, active as a composer, scribe, historian, poet, grammarian and literary forger. He was associated with the Abbey of Saint Martial, Limoges, where he ...
. ''Ademari Cabannensis Chronicon''. Corpus Christianorum Continuatio Mediaevalis CXXIX. Edited by Pascale Bourgain, Richard Landes and Georges Pon. Turnhout: Brepols, 1999.
*Giry, Arthur, Maurice Prou, Ferdinand Lot, and Georges Tessier. ''Recueil des actes de Charles II le Chauve, roi de France.'' Paris: Imprimerie nationale, 1943–1955.
* Gregorii episcopi Turonensis. "Libri Historiarum X." '' Monumenta Germaniae Historica SRM'' 1:1. Edited by Bruno Krusch and Wilhelm Levison. Hannover: Impensis Bibliopolii Hahniani, 1951.
*Lefrancq, Paul, ed. ''Cartulaire de l’abbaye de Saint-Cybard''. Angoulême: Imprimerie Ouvrière, 1930.
*Musset, Georges, ed. "Cartulaire de Saint-Jean-d’Angély." ''Archives historiques de la Saintonge et de l’Aunis'' 30 and 33 (1901 and 1903).
*Nanglard, Jean, ed. ''Cartulaire de l’église d’Angoulême''. Angoulême, 1900.
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