Saintes (Notre-Dame)
Community ID: 
 
2063
 
Alternate Names: 
 
Notre Dame de Saintes
 
Town: 
 
Saintes
 
Diocese: 
 
Saintes
 
Region: 
 
6R
 
Corporate Status: 
 
Abbey
 
Date Founded: 
 
1047
 
Rule: 
 
RSB
 
Foundation Information: 
 

Founders Geoffrey Martel, count of Anjou, and his countess Agnes of Burgundy

 
Priveleges & Papal Exemptions: 
 

[Public letter]

 
Manuscript Sources: 
 

Saintes Version of the Rule of St Benedict

 
Published Primary Sources: 
 

Cartulaire de l'abbaye royale de Notre-Dame de Saintes de l'ordre de Saint Benoit

 
Secondary Sources: 
 

Abbayes et prieurés de l'ancienne France: recueil historique des archevêchés, évêchés, abbayes et prieurés de France, vol. 3, pp. 292-293;
Gallia christiana, vol. 2, pp. 1127 ff.
Care for the Text: Glossed Rule of Benedict for Notre Dame des Saintes
The Chapter Book of the Nuns of Santes
The Benedictines of Santes 1047-1792: Consectrated to Christ, Nuns of the Church Community
A Poet Abbess from Notre-Dame de Saintes
French Abbesses in Action: Structuring Carolingian and Cluniac Communities

 
Contributors: 
 
Bruce L. Venarde
 
Date Started: 
 
1047
 
Length: 
 
198