Glanfeuil Abbey

Glanfeuil Abbey (Abbaye de Glanfeuil, also known as Abbaye de Saint-Maur-sur-Loire), was a French Benedictine monastery in Anjou. The village of Saint-Maur-sur-Loire is in the commune of Le Thoureil, in the diocese of Angers and the modern department of Maine-et-Loire. 
In a long history, it was founded in legend by Saint Maurus, according to the account of abbot Odo of Glanfeuil; or by Benedict of Nursia himself, the teacher of Maurus. There is now an official view that the founder Saint-Maur, or Maurus of Glanfeuil, is a distinct person.Roman Martyrology: "Saint Maurus, Abbot" - Martyrologium Romanum (Libreria Editrice Vaticana 2001 ISBN 88-209-7210-7), on 15 January The site is thought to be that of a Gallo-Roman villa, and the religious community may date back to the sixth century.http://membres.lycos.fr/saintmaur/essai_abbaye.html
Glanfeuil claimed to be the oldest Benedictine foundation in Gaul. A scholarly view makes Rorgon I of Maine the founder or patron, in 824.Jerusalem Odo became abbot in the 850s. In 868 the monks of Glanfeuil founded a second monastery, at Saint-Maur-des-Fossés.
The abbey was destroyed by the Normans, but rebuilt. It was suppressed in 1790, as a result of the French Revolution. Then it was refounded in the surviving structures, in 1890, by Louis-Charles Couturier.Catholic Encyclopedia
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==External links==
* Map of Abbey properties
Category:Benedictine monasteries in France