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Landévennec Abbey

c. 485 · 5th century

Landévennec Abbey is a monastery at the mouth of the Aulne on the Crozon peninsula in Finistère, Brittany, traditionally founded around 485 by Saint Guénolé (Winwaloe). In the 9th century it adopted the Benedictine rule under Carolingian influence, and its scriptorium produced important manuscripts such as the Landévennec Gospels. It was sacked by Vikings in 913, closed in the French Revolution and re-established by Benedictines in the 20th century.

Landévennec Abbey
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