page_title: Vaux-de-Cernay Abbey
hierarchical_section_title: Vaux-de-Cernay Abbey
caption_attribution_description: Vaux-de-Cernay Abbey was a Cistercian monastery in northern France (Ile-de-France), situated in the w:Diocese of Versailles, Seine-et-Oise. In 1118 Simon de Neauffle and his wife Eve donated the land for this foundation to the monks of Savigny Abbey, in order to have a monastery built there in honour of the Mother of God and St. John Baptist. Vital, Abbot of Savigny accepted their offer, and sent a band of monks under the direction of Arnaud, who became their first abbot. Besides their first benefactors, others of the nobility came to the aid of the new community.
context_page_description: Vaux-de-Cernay Abbey was a Cistercian monastery in northern France, situated in Cernay-la-Ville, in the Diocese of Versailles, Yvelines.
context_section_description: Vaux-de-Cernay Abbey (French: Abbaye des Vaux-de-Cernay) was a Cistercian monastery in northern France (Ile-de-France), situated in Cernay-la-Ville, in the Diocese of Versailles, Yvelines.
caption: The ruined abbey church
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