Collégiale Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption de Longpré-les-Corps-Saints

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The Collège Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption de Longpré-les-Corps-Saints is an old collegiate church located in the centre of the town of Longpré-les-Corps-Saints, in the department of the Somme, between Abbeville and Amiens, in the valley of the Somme.

History: The history of the college is linked to the crusades in particular the fourth which was to lead the crusaders to take Constantinople. On August 4, 1205 Vibert, chaplain of Aléaume de Fontaines, returned from crusade, arrived at Longpre carrying precious relics which gave the qualifier of " Corps-Saints" to the village of Longpré. A collegiate body was founded to preserve the relics: twelve canons and five chapelains to which were added the two parish priests of Longpré and Wanel. Popes Innocent III and Gregory IX granted protection to the collegiate church, which became an important place of pilgrimage. During the Hundred Years' War, in 1437, Pope Eugene IV granted indulgences to the faithful who would make alms for the repair of the monument. In 1505 the bishop of Amiens consecrated the restored college. But gradually the influence of the college declines and...