Abbatiale Saint-Pierre d'Orbais

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The Saint-Pierre d'Orbais Abbey, located in Orbais-l'Abbaye in the French department of the Marne in the Grand Est region, was built at the end of the 12th and at the very beginning of the 13th century. Its abbey church is in late Romanesque style.

History: According to Flodoard, Saint Reole, bishop of Reims, dotes and consecrates, in 677, according to Charles Le Cointe, or in 680, according to others, the abbey of Orbais, under the invocation of the apostles Saint Peter and Saint Paul under the rule of Saint Benedict and Saint Colomban, on the background and domain given to him by Thierry or Theodoric, king of Western Francia or Neustria, the eighth year of his reign and with the consent of Ebroin, mayor of the palace. Saint Reole brought six monks from the monastery of Rebais. Saint Reole wants the monastery of Orbais, although located in another diocese like that of Hautvillers, built by Saint Nivard, to be and always remain under the jurisdiction and immediate dependence of the archbishops of Reims, so that the religious of Orbais cannot choose themselves or later recognize an abbot without their permission and approval, and that the one whom they elect with these conditions be confirmed by the archbishop and him...