Abbey of St. Andoche

The Abbey of St. Andoche (French: Abbaye Saint-Andoche d'Autun, also Abbaye royale Sainte-Marie et Saint-Andoche d'Autun) in Autun, Saône-et-Loire, France, is a former Benedictine nunnery founded in 592 by Queen Brunhilda on the site of a Roman temple of Diana. The buildings largely survived the French Revolution.[1][2]

References

  1. ↑ Nathalie Verpeaux, Saint-Andoche et Saint-Jean-le-Grand d'Autun au Moyen Âge, Publications Sorbonne, Hypothèses, 2004, p.218-221
  2. ↑ Base Mérimée: Crypte Saint-Andoche, Ministère français de la Culture. (in French)

46°56′56″N 4°17′43″E / 46.9490°N 4.2952°E / 46.9490; 4.2952


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