Abbey Of Saint Ruf Of Avignon

Abbey Saint-Ruf of Avignon
Overview of the building
Contact	43 55 '25 "North 04 49 '15 "East / 43.92361, 4.82083
Country	France
Region	Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur
Department	Vaucluse
City	Avignon
Worship	Roman Catholic
Type	Abbey
Attached to	Canons Regular of St. Augustine
Construction begins	XI century
Work Completed	XII century
Style (s) dominating (s)	Novel
Protection	Historic Monument ( 1887 )
Location
Geolocation on the map: France
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The abbey of Saint-Ruf of Avignon is an ancient religious settlement located partially destroyed the Mill Avenue Notre-Dame in Avignon. The remains of the abbey have been classified as historic monuments by list of 1887 ^History

The abbey of Saint Ruf was the seat of an order of canons regular of St. Augustine developed in the late ^eleventh century from a place of worship on the outskirts of Avignon , poorly documented until its sale in 1039 to four clerics, who want to "live religiously", by Benezet , bishop of Avignon.

Archaeological excavations have shown that the site of the abbey in Avignon was originally that of a cemetery early Christian. But the exact figure of the saint is not assured: his qualification as the first bishop of Avignon, his identification with the son of Simon of Cyrene , traditions are developed with the rise of the order .

Abbey, backed by the papacy Gregorian and the Counts of Barcelona , becoming the ^twelfth century, a hotbed of reform canonical, whose customs are experiencing diffusion "European" (Southern France, Iberian Peninsula, Scandinavia, Southern Germany , etc..). This radiation is doubled by the construction of a religious order of magnitude lower, which explains why it is neglected by the historiography.

The headquarters of this order, however, was moved to Valencia , following differences with the cathedral chapter of Avignon. The site of the old Abbey became the seat of a priory rufinien simple, quickly annexed to the special revenue of the abbots of Saint-Ruf.

In XIV ^century , it nevertheless meets two provincial councils in 1326 and 1337 , chaired by the chamberlain of John XXII , Gasbert Valle , Archbishop of Arles.

The existence of the order issued the cult of the saint outside the diocese of Avignon. We find the consecration of places of worship dedicated to St. Ruf Valencia , Lleida , Romans , Montpellier.

Architecture

All that remains today as a result of demolitions ordered by the last abbots and destruction after the secularization of the order, the head of the abbey , the church tower , the transept and the start of a nave.

Not integrated with the city of Avignon, the abbey was fortified in the Middle Ages are still seen as the transept battlements and arrow slits .

The tower

The lower levels of the tower are made of rubble and have quoins made of stone in great pomp.

The upper level of the tower is itself entirely built of stone meetings in great state illegally.

Each face is decorated with berries twin separated by a column.