Auchy
Community ID:
1511
Town:
Auchy-les-Hesdin
Diocese:
Arras
Region:
6M
Corporate Status:
Abbey
Date Founded:
700 (circa). Refounded: circa 1079.
Date Terminated:
880 (circa)
Foundation Information:
The house was founded by local lords for their daughter, the first abbess. The refoundation on the site of the long-vanished community, sponsored by the bishop of Therouanne, was for male religious only
Secondary Sources:
Abbayes et prieurés de l'ancienne France: recueil historique des archevêchés, évêchés, abbayes et prieurés de France, vol. 14, p. 311;
Dictionnaire d'histoire et de géographie ecclésiastiques, vol. 5, p. 288;
Gallia christiana, vol. 10, p. 1598
Contributors:
Bruce L. Venarde
Date Started:
700
Date Finished:
880
Length:
369
