Psalmody Abbey

Psalmody Abbey, also Psalmodie Abbey or Psalmodi Abbey (French: Abbaye de Psalmody, Psalmodi or Psalmodie; Occitan: Abbaye de Psalmòdia), was a Benedictine abbey located near Saint-Laurent-d'Aigouze in the Camargue, in the department of Gard and the region of Languedoc-Roussillon in the south of France. It was destroyed in 1703. History Psalmody Abbey was founded in the 5th century by monks from the Abbey of St. Victor, Marseille. The new monastery acquired considerable importance and became directly accountable to Rome. Its influence grew throughout the region, mostly because of its trade in salt. It reached its peak in the 12th century, and its decline set in from the 15th. It was secularised in the 16th century by a bull of Pope Paul III and the buildings were largely destroyed during the war of the Camisards by Catinat, although its revenues continued to be drawn by commendatory abbots until the French Revolution. Only a few scattered ruins survive. The site was declared a monument historique in 1984. List of abbots 762-815 : Corbilien 815-840 : Théodemir 840-886 : Thibaud 886-909 : Witard I 909-9?? : Raimbaud 9??-997 : Bermond 997-1004 : Witard II 1004-1054 : Warnier 1054-1071 : Raymond I 1071-1076 : Guillaume I Philaud 1076-1082 : Bérenger 1082-1084 : Arnaud I 1084-1085 : Pierre I 1085-1086 : Guillaume II 1086-1097 : Arnaud II 1097-1115 : Foulques I 1115-1117 : Pierre II 1117-1141 : Bertrand 1141-1155 : Pierre III 1155-1174 : Guillaume III 1174-1180 : Pierre IV d’Uzès 1180-1185 : Guillaume IV 1185-1190 : Foulques II 1190-1198 : Guillaume V 1198-1203 : Aldebert 1203-1203 : Raymond II 1203-1220 : Bernard I de Génerac 1220-1226 : Raymond III 1226-1243 : Pons 1243-1248 : Guillaume VI 1248-1249 : Raymond IV 1249-1257 : Guillaume VII Catel 1257-1272 : Géraud de Bruguières 1272-1275 : Bernard II de Nages 1275-1316 : Pierre V 1316-1317 : Pierre VI Bedos 1317-1319 : Raymond V Bernard 1319-1320 : Arnaud III 1320-1330 : Frédol 1330-1332 : Gaillard 1332-1352 : Raymond VI de Sérignac 1352-1362 : Gaucelme de Déaux 1362-1364 : Raymond VII 1364-1368 : Guillaume VIII Columbi 1368-1401 : Pierre VII de Lascarri 1401-1415 : Aymeric des Gardies 1415-1438 : Arnaud IV de Saint-Félix (1) 1438-1439 : Pierre VIII de Narbonne de Talairan 1439-1462 : Arnaud IV de Saint-Félix (2) 1462-1484 : Guillaume IX de Saint-Félix 1484-1508 : Guy Lauret 1508-1511 : Jacques Fournier de Beaune-Semblançay 1511-1523 : Martin Fournier de Beaune-Semblançay 1523-1529 : Jérôme de Canosse 1529-1532 : Louis I de Canosse 1532-1536 : Renaud de Marigny 1536-1540 : Jean I de Luxembourg-Brienne 1540-1571 : Barnabé de Fayolles 1571-1590 : François I de Fayolles 1590-1606 : Jean II de Fayolles 1606-1618 : Marc de Calvière de Saint-Césaire 1618-1632 : Jean III de Calvière de Saint-Césaire 1632-1646 : François II de Calvière de Saint-Césaire 1646-1656 : Antoine de Calvière de Saint-Césaire 1656-1690 : Louis II de Calvière de Saint-Césaire 1690-1712 : François III Chevalier de Saulx 1713-1719 : Louis III François-Gabriel de Hénin-Liétard 1719-1744 : Charles de Bannes d’Avejan 1744-1755 : Louis IV François de Vivet de Montclus 1755-1776 : Jean-Louis du Buisson de Beauteville 1776-1784 : Pierre IX Marie-Madeleine Cortois de Barbe 1784-1791 : Cardinal Louis V François de Bausset-Roquefort Source: Gallia Christiana Notes and references Sources and external links Clébert, Jean-Paul, 1972: Guide de la Provence mystérieuse. Paris: Éd. Tchou Nimausensis.com: history of Psalmody Abbey (in French)